Elzéar Emmanuel Arène Abeille de Perrin (3 January 1843,

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– 9 October 1910, Marseille) was a French

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. Abeille de Perrin was a

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in Marseille. He gave all his free time to entomology and was a member of the

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for twenty years. He was especially interested in the cave species of the

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. His best known publications are ''Monographie des malachites'' (1869), ''Études sur les coléoptères cavernicoles, suivies de la description de 27 coléoptères nouveaux français'' (1872), ''Notes sur les leptodirites'' (1878), and ''Synopsis critique et synonymique des chrysides de France'' (1878). His collection of

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, and

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is conserved in

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in Paris.

References

*Ancey, F. 1910 beille de Perrin, E.''Ann. Soc. Hist. Nat. Toulon'' 97–98, Portrait. *Buysson, H. du 1925 beille de Perrin, E. ''Misc. Entomol''. 28(12) 92. *Caillol, H. 1911 beille de Perrin, E.''Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr.'' 80: 492–502 *Constantin, R. 1992 ''Memorial des Coléopteristes Francaise''. Bull. liaison Assoc. Col. reg. parisienne, Paris (Suppl. 14) : 1–92 7, Portrait. *Gouillard, J. 1991 Biography in ''Hist. Entomologistes francais'' 14 J. Gouillard: Histoire des entomologistes francais
/ref> *Lhoste, J. 1987 ''Les entomologistes français''. 1750–1950. INRA (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique), Paris : 1–355. *Pic, M. 1942 beille de Perrin, E. ''Mon Jub. ent., Echange (H. S.)'' 31–32. *Semenov-Tjan-Schanskij, A. P. 1912 beille de Perrin, E. ''Revue Russe d'Entomologie'' 12 635–636. *Seurat, L. G. 1930: beille de Perrin, E.''Explor. zool. Algérie'' 686. *

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