Antoine Henri Grouvelle (17 January 1843 – 9 June 1917

Neuilly-sur-Seine Neuilly-sur-Seine (; literally 'Neuilly on Seine'), also known simply as Neuilly, is a commune in the department of Hauts-de-Seine in France, just west of Paris. Immediately adjacent to the city, the area is composed of mostly select residentia ...

) was a French

entomologist Entomology () is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such as arach ...

who specialised in

Coleoptera Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...

. He was also an

engineer Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are professionals who invent, design, analyze, build and test machines, complex systems, structures, gadgets and materials to fulfill functional objectives and requirements while considering the l ...

who directed a

tobacco Tobacco is the common name of several plants in the genus '' Nicotiana'' of the family Solanaceae, and the general term for any product prepared from the cured leaves of these plants. More than 70 species of tobacco are known, but the ...

factory. He worked on world fauna of the heterogeneous group of beetles known as

Clavicornia Clavicornia were a former order of beetles. The genera in it have been reassigned to the following families: * Nitidulidae * Cucujidae * Cryptophagidae * Latridiidae * Coccinellidae Coccinellidae () is a widespread family of small beetl ...

. Grouvelle was a Member of the

Société entomologique de France The Société entomologique de France, or French Entomological Society, is devoted to the study of insects. The society was founded in 1832 in Paris, France. The society was created by eighteen Parisian entomologists on January 31, 1832. The first ...

Selected works

*Viaggio di Leonardo Fea in Birmania e regioni vicine. L. Nitidulides, Cucujides et Parnides. ''Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale de Genova'', 32: 813-868.(1892) *Potamophilides, Dryopides, Helmides et Heterocerides des Indes orientales. ''Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale de Genova'', Serie 2, 17(37): 1-25.(1896) *Nitidulides, Colydiides, Cucujides et Parnides récoltés par M. E. Gounelle au Brésil et autres Clavicornes nouveaux d' Amerique. ''

Annales de la Société Entomologique de France Annals are a concise form of historical writing which record events chronologically, year by year. The equivalent word in Latin and French is ''annales'', which is used untranslated in English in various contexts. List of works with titles contai ...

'', 65: 177-216.(1896) * with

Achille Raffray Achille Marie Jacques Raffray (17 October 1844 – 25 September 1923) was a French diplomat, traveller, zoologist and entomologist. He wrote: (Partial list) - Entomology: * (1890) Étude sur le Psélaphides. V. Tableaux synoptiques. Notes et s ...

Supplément à la Liste des Coléoptères de la Guadeloupe ''Ann. Soc. Entom. France'' vol. 81 (1912) * ''Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der schwedischen zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und dem umgebenden Massaisteppen. Coleoptera. Clavicornes''.(1909) *''Études sur les Coléoptères'' (premier & deuxième fascicule)(various works on "Clavicornes" bound together) (1916–1918).

References

*Constantin, R. 1992 ''Memorial des Coléopteristes Français''. Bull. liaison Assoc. Col. reg. parisienne, Paris (Suppl. 14) : 1-92 42 *Lhoste, J. 1987 ''Les entomologistes français. 1750 - 1950''. INRA (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique), Paris : 1-355 85-86 *Musgrave, A. 1932: ''Bibliography of Australian Entomology 1775 - 1930''. Sydney 131-132

External links

Dryopidae bibliography
1843 births 1917 deaths French entomologists Presidents of the Société entomologique de France {{entomologist-stub