Maximilen Chaudoir, or Maximilien, baron de Chaudoir, (12 September 1816 , Ivnitza, near Zhitomir -
6 May 1881 , Amélie-les-Bains) was a Russian

Russia

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 entomologist.
He was a specialist in Coleoptera and in particular the Carabidae. His Cicindelidae are conserved by the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle

Muséum national d'histoire naturelle

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. His Carabidae were acquired by Charles Oberthür

Charles Oberthür

Charles Oberthür was a French entomologist specializing in Lepidoptera. He was the son of François-Charles Oberthür.Oberthür named 42 new genera of moths -Works:...

(1845-1924) then given to the same museum.
He wrote Mémoire sur la famille des Carabiques 6 volumes commencing 1848.