Charles Adolphe Albert Fauvel (1840,

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and amateur

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who specialised in

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. He described and named 1,851 species and 96 genera in

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. He wrote nearly 250 papers in the ''Revue d’ Entomologie'', a journal he founded, and a multi-volume work, ''Faune gallo-rhénane''. For unknown reasons, he abruptly stopped publishing in 1910 and became a recluse for the rest of his life. His insect collections are held by the

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, Italy. His zoological author abbreviation is Fauvel. For taxa he authored, see :Taxa named by Charles Adolphe Albert Fauvel, an
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*Anonymous (1921) auvel, C. A. A.
The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine
', Third Series, London. 57:161. *Constantin, R. (1992) Memorial des Coléopteristes Français. ''Bulletin de liaison de l'Association des Coléoptéristes de la région parisienne'', Paris (Suppl. 14), S. 1-92, 2410, pp. 35
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*Groll, E. K. (2017
''Biographies of the Entomologists of the World''
– Online database, version 8, Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut, Müncheberg – URL: sdei.senckenberg.de/biografies 1840 births 1921 deaths French entomologists Coleopterists {{Entomologist-stub