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Gastrallus Janae
''Gastrallus'' is a genus of beetles in the family Ptinidae. They are distributed nearly worldwide except Australia and Central and South America; almost half are native to the Palearctic realm. Currently, almost 100 species are scientifically described: ''Gastrallus immarginatus'' group: *''Gastrallus abbreviatus'' Zahradník, 2009 – recorded from Thailand *''Gastrallus assamensis'' Zahradník, 2009 – recorded from India *''Gastrallus cymoreki'' Español, 1990 – recorded from Nepal *''Gastrallus immarginatus'' P. W. J. Müller, 1821 – recorded from Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, Tunisia; also on Sri Lanka? *''Gastrallus ornatulus'' Toskina, 2003 – recorded from Azerbaijan and Southern Russia *'' Gastrallus tuberculatus'' Pic, 1914 – recorded from Taiwan, Laos, Vietnam and the Palaearctic realm *'' Gastra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Nicolas Camille Jacquelin Du Val
Pierre Nicolas Camille Jacquelin Du Val (9 July 1828, Prades, Pyrénées-Orientales – 5 July 1862, Clamart) was a French entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera. After he went to Paris in order to begin medical studies, he met Alexandre Laboulbène, who introduced him to entomology. The paradox is that Laboulbène became a famous physician, and 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 were never surpassed. Unfortunately, he died at 34, leaving unfinished his work which was brought to an end by the prolific author Léon Fairmaire (182 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |