Jules Desbrochers des Loges
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Jules Desbrochers des Loges (1836 , Béthune
, Pas de Calais-10th August 1913 , Tours
was a French
entomologist.
Desbrochers was an insect dealer at first based in Vitry-aux-Loges
(1880–1887), then from 1888 in Tours. He described
many species including the biological pest control agent Northern Tamarisk Beetle
Béthune
Béthune is a city in northern France, sub-prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais department.-Geography:Béthune is located in the former province of Artois. It is situated South-East of Calais, West of Lille, and North of Paris.-Landmarks:...
, Pas de Calais-10th August 1913 , Tours
Tours
Tours is a city in central France, the capital of the Indre-et-Loire department.It is located on the lower reaches of the river Loire, between Orléans and the Atlantic coast. Touraine, the region around Tours, is known for its wines, the alleged perfection of its local spoken French, and for the...
was a French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
entomologist.
Desbrochers was an insect dealer at first based in Vitry-aux-Loges
Vitry-aux-Loges
Vitry-aux-Loges is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France.-See also:*Communes of the Loiret department...
(1880–1887), then from 1888 in Tours. He described
many species including the biological pest control agent Northern Tamarisk Beetle
Diorhabda carinulata
Diorhabda carinulata is a species of leaf beetle known as the northern tamarisk beetle which feeds on tamarisk trees from southern Russia and Iran to Mongolia and western China...
Works
Partial list- 1870 Descriptions de Coléoptères nouveaux d’Europe et confins. L’Abeille, Volume 7, Part 1: 10–135.
- 1881 Insectes coléoptères du nord de l’Afrique nouveaux ou peuconnus. Premier mémoire. Ténébrionides.Bulletin de l’Académie d’Hippone, 16: 51–168.
- 1893. Révision des espèces de curculionides appartenant à la tribu des Gymnetridae d’Europe et circa. Le Frelon, 2 (10-11): 1-18.
- 1893 Révision des espèces de curculionides appartenant à la tribu des Gymnetridae d’Europe et circa. Le Frelon, 2 (12): 19-36
- 1893 Révision des espèces de curculionides appartenant à la tribu des Gymnetridae d’Europe et circa. Le Frelon, 3 (1-2): 37-68
External links
- DEI. Portrait and collection details