The Société entomologique de France, or French Entomological Society, is devoted to the study of insect

Insect

Insects are a class of living creatures within the arthropods that have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body , three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes, and two antennae...

s. It was founded in 1832.

The society was created by eighteen Parisian entomologists on January 31, 1832. The first (honorary) president was Pierre André Latreille

Pierre André Latreille

Pierre André Latreille was a French zoologist, specialising in arthropods. Having trained as a Roman Catholic priest before the French Revolution, Latreille was imprisoned, and only regained his freedom after recognising a rare species he found in the prison, Necrobia ruficollis...

 (1762-1833) who was elected unanimously and established the goal of the society to contribute to and progress the development of entomology

Entomology

Entomology is the scientific study of insects, a branch of arthropodology...

 in all its aspects. The main publications of the society are Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France, Annales de la Société Entomologique de France

Annales de la Société Entomologique de France

Annales 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:...

and, for a few years, L'Entomologiste, Revue d'Amateurs. The library contains 15,000 volumes and 1,500 titles of old or current literature.

External links

• Société Entomologique de France
• Annales
• Gallica Annales 132 issues Post 1870 digitised.