Ernest (e) Allard (1820–1900) 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 is not to be confused with the Belgian entomologist
Vincent Allard (1921–1994).
Allard's collection was acquired by
René Oberthür René Oberthür (1852, Rennes – 27 April 1944) was a French entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera.
With his brother Charles Oberthür he worked in "Imprimerie Oberthür" the very successful printing business founded by his father François-C ...
and is now held by
Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, in Paris and
Museum Koenig
The Alexander Koenig Zoological Research Museum (German: ''Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig'', abbreviated ZFMK) is a natural history museum and zoological research institution in Bonn, Germany. The museum is named after Alexander K ...
in Bonn. He 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 ...
.
Works
*Allard, E. 1869. Révision du genre Asida Latreille. ''L'Abeille'', ''Revue d'Entomologie'' 6: 159–305.
*Allard, E. 1876. Révision des
hélopines vrais de Lacordaire, ''L'Abeille'', R''evue d'Entomologie'' 14: 1–80.
Further reading
*Aubé C. 1863.
ew taxa In: Grenier A. J. F.: ''Catalogue des coléoptères de France et matériaux pour servir à la faune des coléoptères français'' par MM. E. Allard, Ch. Aubé, Ch. Brisout de Barneville, A. Chevrolat, L. Fairmaire, A. Fauvel, A. Grenier, Dr Kraatz, J. Linder, L., Reiche et Félicien de Saulcy. L. Toinon, Paris: A. J. F. Grenier, iv + 3–79 + 1–135 pp.
References
*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, pp. 8
*Giard, A. 1900:
iographien''Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France'', Paris 1900 , pp. 42
1820 births
1900 deaths
French entomologists
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