Maximilien Chaudoir
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Maximilen Chaudoir, or Maximilien, baron de Chaudoir, (12 September 1816 , Ivnitza, near Zhitomir -
6 May 1881 , Amélie-les-Bains) was a Russian
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

 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
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...

. 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.
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