Auguste Alfred Lucien Gaston Lameere (12 June 1864 – 6 May 1942) was a

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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 ...

. He made several collecting expeditions to the Algerian Sahara region. He was born in

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. He was a professor and dean (1906–1907) of the faculty of sciences at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. An active member of the

Royal Belgian Entomological Society The Royal Belgian Entomological Society (french: Société royale belge d'Entomologie; nl, Koninklijke Belgische Vereniging voor Entomologie) is a learned society based in Brussels. It is devoted to entomology, the study of insects. It was founde ...

, he was the author of numerous articles, notably on

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 ...

and the famous ''Manuel de la Faune de Belgique'' which had a great influence on the entomologists of his country. Frog '' Arthroleptis lameerei'', also known as Lameere's squeaker, is named after him.

Works

Partial list * 1902. Revision des Prionides (Quatrième mémoire – Sténodontines)''Annalles de la Société Entomologique de Belgique'' 9: 63-110. * 1903. Révision des Prionides (Sixième mémoire – Basitoxus). ''Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique'' 47: 213-224. * 1912. Révision des prionides (Vingt-deuxième mémoire – Addenda et Corrigenda)''Mémoires de la Société Entomologique de Belgique'' 21: 113-188. * 1913. ''Coleopterorum Catalogus'', pars. 52, Cerambycidae. Prioninae. Berlin, W. Junk, 108 p. * 1919. ''Genera Insectorum'', Coleoptera, Fam. Cerambycidae, Subfam. Prioninae.Bruxelles, P. Wytsman, v. 172, 189 p

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Belgian entomologists 1862 births 1942 deaths {{entomologist-stub

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