Maurice Auguste Régimbart
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Maurice Auguste Régimbart (1852, Evreux
- 22 September 1907 , Evreux) was a French
entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera , particularly Dytiscidae
, Gyrinidae and Hydrophilidae.
Regimbart worked on expedition material collected mainly from French
,
Italian
and Belgian
colonies.
He was a member of the Société entomologique de France
.
in Paris
.
Évreux
Évreux is a commune in the Eure department, of which it is the capital, in Haute Normandie in northern France.-History:In late Antiquity, the town, attested in the fourth century CE, was named Mediolanum Aulercorum, "the central town of the Aulerci", the Gallic tribe then inhabiting the area...
- 22 September 1907 , Evreux) 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 who specialised in Coleoptera , particularly Dytiscidae
Dytiscidae
Dytiscidae – based on the Greek dytikos , "able to dive" – are the predaceous diving beetles, a family of water beetles. They are about 25 mm long on average, though there is much variation between species. Dytiscus latissimus, the largest, can grow up to 45 mm long...
, Gyrinidae and Hydrophilidae.
Regimbart worked on expedition material collected mainly from French
French colonial empires
The French colonial empire was the set of territories outside Europe that were under French rule primarily from the 17th century to the late 1960s. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the colonial empire of France was the second-largest in the world behind the British Empire. The French colonial empire...
,
Italian
Italian Empire
The Italian Empire was created after the Kingdom of Italy joined other European powers in establishing colonies overseas during the "scramble for Africa". Modern Italy as a unified state only existed from 1861. By this time France, Spain, Portugal, Britain, and the Netherlands, had already carved...
and Belgian
Belgian colonial empire
The Belgian colonial empire consisted of three colonies possessed by Belgium between 1901 and 1962: Belgian Congo , Rwanda and Burundi...
colonies.
He was a member 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...
.
Selected works
- 1877. Recherches sur les organes copulateurs et sur les fonctions genetales dans le genre Dytiscus. Ann. Soc. Entomol. France 46:263-274 + pl. 6.
- 1878. Etude sur le classification des Dytiscides. Ann. Soc. Entomol. France 8:447-466.
- 1882. Essai monographique de la famille des Gyrinidae, pt. 1. Ann. Soc. Entomol. France (6 ser., vol. 2) 51:379-458 + 3 pls.
- 1883. Essai monographique de la famille des Gyrinidae, pt. 2. Ann. Soc. Entomol. France (6 ser., vol. 3) 52:121-190 + 5 pls.
- 1888. Descriptions de Dytiscides nouveaux de l'Amerique de Sud. Ann. Soc. Entomol. France 57:388-392.
- 1888. Viaggio di Leonardo Fea in Birmania e regioni vicine. Ann. Mus. Civ. Storia Nat. Genoa 26:609-623.
- 1889. Contributions à la faune Indo-Chinoise. 2. Hydrocanthares. Ann. Soc. Entomol. France 58:147-156.
- 1892. Insectes du Bengale Occidental. 16. Hydrocanthares. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 36:112-121.
- 1892. Viaggio di Lamberto Loria nella Papuasia orientale. iv. Haliplidae, Dytiscidae, et Gyrinidae. Ann. Mus. Civ. Storia Nat. Genoa 1892(2):978-997.
- 1894. Voyage de M. E. Simon dans l'Afrique australe (Decembre-Mars 1893). 1. Haliplidae, Dytiscidae and Gyrinidae. Ann. Soc. Entomol. France 63:227-240.
- 1895. Revision des Dytiscidae et Gyrinidae d'Afrique, Madagascar et iles voisines. En contribution a la faune entomologique du Congo. Mem. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 4:1-244.
- 1899. Revision des Dytiscidae de la region Indo-Sino-Malaise. Ann. Soc. Entomol. France 68:186-367.
- 1902. Genera Insectorum ed. Wytsman, P.Philogène Auguste Galilée WytsmanPhilogène Auguste Galilée Wytsman was a Belgian ornithologist, entomologist and publisher most noted for his serial publications Genera Avium and Genera Insectorum....
, I. Gyrinidae. V. Vertemeol and L. Desmet, Brussels. 13 pp. - 1903. Coleopteres aquatiques (Haliplidae, Dytiscidae, Gyrinidae et Hydrophilidae) recueills dans le sud de Madagascar par M. Ch. Alluaud (Juillet 1900-Mai 1901). Ann. Soc. Entomol. France 72:1-51.
- 1906. Voyage de M. Ch. Alluaud dans l'Afrique Orientale: Dytiscidae, Gyrinidae, Hydrophilidae [includes Haliplidae]. Ann. Soc. Entomol. France 75:235-278.
Collection
Regimbart's collection is in the Muséum national d'histoire naturelleMuséum national d'histoire naturelle
The Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle is the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, France.- History :The museum was formally founded on 10 June 1793, during the French Revolution...
in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
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