Amédée Louis Michel Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau
Encyclopedia
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
entomologist
Entomology
Entomology is the scientific study of insects, a branch of arthropodology...
, and specialist in the Hymenoptera
Hymenoptera
Hymenoptera is one of the largest orders of insects, comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees and ants. There are over 130,000 recognized species, with many more remaining to be described. The name refers to the heavy wings of the insects, and is derived from the Ancient Greek ὑμήν : membrane and...
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From the year of 1833 until his death, he served as 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...
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Works
- with Gaspard Auguste BrulléGaspard Auguste BrulléGaspard Auguste Brullé was a French entomologist.Passionnate about insects from a young age and through the intervention of Georges Cuvier, he participated in the Morea expedition organised by Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent in 1829.In 1832, he participated in the foundation of the Société...
Histoire naturelle des insectes. Hyménoptères. RoretNicolas RoretNicolas-Edme Roret was a French editor and publisher known for an important series of manuals and encyclopaedias.- Sources :* Articles and reviews:...
, Paris 1836–46 p.m. - Memoires sur le G. Gorytes Latr. Arpactus Jur. Paris 1832.
- Monographia tenthredinetarum, synonimia extricata. Levrault, Paris 1823–25.
- Mémoire sur quelques espéces nouvelles d’Insectes de la section des hyménoptères appelés les portetuyaux et sur les caractères de cette famille et des genres qui la composent. Paris 1806.
- Défense de Félix Lepeletier. Vatar, Paris 1796/97.