Pierre Nicolas Camille Jacquelin du Val
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Pierre Nicolas Camille Jacquelin Du Val (1828-1862) was a French
entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera.
Born in Pyrénées-Orientales, Jacquelin Du Val went to Paris in order to begin medical studies. There he met Alexandre Laboulbène who introduced him to entomology. The paradox is that Laboulbène became a famous physician, when Jacquelin left medicine to concentrate on entomology. After minor preliminary works, he conceived together with the miniaturist painter Jules Migneaux (1825-1898) a vast project describing and illustrating all European genera of beetles. There was the Genera des coléoptères d’Europe, which started to get published in 1854, one of the most remarkable European book on beetles, due to the quality of its text, and especially to its magnificent illustrations, whose beauty and accuracy was never surpassed. Unfortunately, Jacquelin Du Val died at 34, leaving unfinished his work which was brought to an end by the prolific author Léon Fairmaire (1820-1906). In addition, Jacquelin wrote a small volume of Glanures entomologiques (2 parts, 1859-1860), to accommodate some smaller contributions he could not introduce in his great Genera.
in 1858 and the genus Aubeonymus (Curculioninae
) in 1855.
France
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entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera.
Born in Pyrénées-Orientales, Jacquelin Du Val went to Paris in order to begin medical studies. There he met Alexandre Laboulbène who introduced him to entomology. The paradox is that Laboulbène became a famous physician, when Jacquelin left medicine to concentrate on entomology. After minor preliminary works, he conceived together with the miniaturist painter Jules Migneaux (1825-1898) a vast project describing and illustrating all European genera of beetles. There was the Genera des coléoptères d’Europe, which started to get published in 1854, one of the most remarkable European book on beetles, due to the quality of its text, and especially to its magnificent illustrations, whose beauty and accuracy was never surpassed. Unfortunately, Jacquelin Du Val died at 34, leaving unfinished his work which was brought to an end by the prolific author Léon Fairmaire (1820-1906). In addition, Jacquelin wrote a small volume of Glanures entomologiques (2 parts, 1859-1860), to accommodate some smaller contributions he could not introduce in his great Genera.
Attributions
The families ByturidaeByturidae
Byturidae, also known as Fruitworms is a family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga. The larvae develop in fruits. Byturus unicolor affects species of Rubus and Geum, the larvae of Raspberry beetle raspberry plants....
in 1858 and the genus Aubeonymus (Curculioninae
Curculioninae
The beetle subfamily Curculioninae is part of the weevil family Curculionidae. It contains over 23,500 described species in 2,200 genera, and is therefore the largest weevil subfamily known...
) in 1855.
Works
Partial list- Jacquelin du Val, P. N. C. & P. Lareynie. Quelques observations sur les Coléoptères des environs de Montpellier. Annales de la Société Entomologique de FranceAnnales de la Société Entomologique de FranceAnnales 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) 10:719-735(1852). - Description de deux genres nouveaux et de plusieurs especes nouvelles. Annales de la Société Entomologique de FranceAnnales de la Société Entomologique de FranceAnnales 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:...
ser. 2, 10: 695-718 (1852). - Manuel entomologique. Genera des coléoptères d'Europe comprenant leur classification en familles naturelles, la description de tous les genres, des tableaux synoptiques destinés à faciliter l'étude, le catalogue de toutes les espèces, de nombreux dessins au trait de caractères et plus de treize cents types représentant un ou plusieurs insectes de chaque genre dessinés et peints d'après nature avec le plus grand soin par M. Jules Migneaux. Paris: Migneaux, later Deyrolle (1854-1868). The parts are , I (1854-1857): 468 pp.+ 93 pl., II (1858-1859): 83 pp.+ 77 pl., III (1860-1868): 100 pl., IV (1868): III + 295 pp., Atlas (1868): 78 pl., Catalogue (1868): 284 pp.
- Insectes. Ordre des coléoptères. In: Ramon de la SagraRamón de la SagraRamón Dionisio José de la Sagra y Peris was a Spanish anarchist, politician, writer and botanist, who founded the world's first anarchist journal, El Porvenir .- Biography :...
, Histoire fisica, politica y natural de la Isla de Cuba 7:1-136. (1857)