Jacques Marie Frangile Bigot (1818–1893) was a French

France

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 naturalist

Natural history

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 and entomologist most noted for his studies of Diptera

Diptera

Diptera , or true flies, is the order of insects possessing only a single pair of wings on the mesothorax; the metathorax bears a pair of drumstick like structures called the halteres, the remnants of the hind wings. It is a large order, containing an estimated 240,000 species, although under half...

. Born in Paris, where he lived all his life, though he had a small house in Quincy-sous-Sénart

Quincy-sous-Sénart

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, Essonne

Essonne

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.He became a member of the Entomological Society of France in 1844. His first paper was published in its Annals in 1845, as was most of his later work. Bigot was a prolific author and like Francis Walker

Francis Walker (entomologist)

Francis Walker was an English entomologist. He was one of the most prolific authors in entomology, and stirred controversy during his later life as his publications resulted in a huge number of junior synonyms....

 his work was the subject of much later criticism.

Bigot's collection of exotic (extra-European) Tabanidae and Syrphidae was purchased by George Henry Verrall

George Henry Verrall

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 who gave it to the Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum

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, London. The exotic Asilidae

Asilidae

Insects in the Diptera family Asilidae are commonly called robber flies. The family Asilidae contains about 7,100 described species worldwide....

 and all his European Diptera were presented to the Hope Department of Entomology  ,Oxford University. The Coleoptera and 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...

 were presented to 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...

, Paris, by A. P. Mauppin in 1899.

Selected works

• 1845?- 18-- Diptères nouveaux ou peu connus.Ann Soc.Ent.Fr.
• 1858 Diptères de Madagascar
• 1888 Enumération des Diptères recueillis en Tunisie
• 1892 Voyage de Alluaud dans le territoire d'Assinie (Afrique occidentale) en 1886 :Diptères

A complete list of Bigot's works is given by Evenhuis, N.L. 2003. The complete bibliography of scientific works of Jacques-Marie-Frangille Bigot. Zootaxa 210: 1-36.