Charles Jean-Baptiste Amyot (September 23, 1799 Vendreeuv - October 13, 1866 Paris

Paris

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) was a French

France

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 lawyer

Lawyer

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 and entomologist especially interested in Hemiptera

Hemiptera

Hemiptera is an order of insects most often known as the true bugs , comprising around 50,000–80,000 species of cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, shield bugs, and others...

.

Orphaned of his father, Amyot collected for a rich "man of commerce" who was a friend of the entomologist Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville

Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville

Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville was a French entomologist, born on November 11, 1775 in Paris. He died on March 27 , 1858 in La Ferté-sous-Jouarre....

 (1775-1858) who also became Amyot’s friend. Audinet-Serville advised him to specialize on the Hemiptera

Hemiptera

Hemiptera is an order of insects most often known as the true bugs , comprising around 50,000–80,000 species of cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, shield bugs, and others...

 then forsaken by specialists. Amyot became a lawyer in 1822, but continued his entomological work. Although president of the Société entomologique de France

Société entomologique de France

The Société entomologique de France, or French Entomological Society, is devoted to the study of insects. It was founded in 1832.The society was created by eighteen Parisian entomologists on January 31, 1832...

, he controversially promoted his "classification monomynique" to the point where the members of the society condemned him to never become a "membre d’honneur". Amyot was also interested in applied entomology

Economic entomology

Economic entomology is a field of entomology, which involves the study of insects that are of benefit or those that cause harm to humans, domestic animals, and crops. Insects that cause losses are termed as pests. Some species can cause indirect damage by spreading diseases and these are termed as...

 devoted several publications to harmful insects and the means of fighting them.

Works

• Entomologie Francaise. Rhynchotes. Methode mononymique. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France
  Annales de la Société Entomologique de France
  Annales de la Société Entomologique de France is one of the oldest entomology journals in the world. It was founded in 1832, and began a new series in 1965, when it merged with and .-External links:...
  
  (2): 1845, T.3: 369-492; 1846, T.4: 73-192; 359-452; 1847, T.5:143-238; 453-524 (1845-1847).
• Entomologie Francaise. Rhynchotes. Methode mononymique.Paris, J.-B. Bailliere, Libraire de l'Acad. Roy. Med.: 1-504, 5 pl.(1848).
• with Audinet-Serville.Histoire naturelle des insectes Hemipteres. Paris, Libraire Encyclopedique de Roret: 1-675 (1843) BDHL Scanhttp://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/35025.

Source

• 1987 Lhoste, J. Les Entomologistes francais 1750 - 1950. INRA, OPIE (Entomology)
  OPIE (Entomology)
  Office pour l'Information Eco-entomologique is a French government organisation devoted to entomology, especially applied entomology.-External links:*...
  
  : 115 [A1036].
• French Wikipedia Translation

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