Francisque Guillebeau (1821,

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...

– 1897) 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 ...

, specializing 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 ...

. A farmer by trade, he also spent twelve years serving as a justice of the peace. From 1858 to 1874 he was mayor in the town of Le Plantay. In 1850 he became a corresponding member of the ''Société linnéenne de Lyon''. In Lyon, he had as influences; entomologists Antoine Foudras and

Étienne Mulsant Martial Étienne Mulsant (2 March 1797, Marnand, Rhône – 4 November 1880) was a French entomologist and ornithologist. Biography Initially employed in commerce, Mulsant wrote ''Lettres à Julie sur l'entomologie, suivies d'une description méth ...

, with whom he published several papers on Coleoptera. For many years he abandoned entomological work,Sociétés savantes de France
(biography) resuming these activities later on in life as he conducted collection excursions in France,

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and

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. His Coleoptera collection was acquired by Paul de Fréminville (1859-1939), who subsequently made it part of his personal insect collection. Later it was transferred to the ''Musée de Brou'' in Bourg-en-Bresse, and since 1997 it has been housed at the ''Muséum de Lyon''. Guillebeau is the taxonomic authority of numerous species of

beetles 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 ...

, as well as the circumscriber of several genera; e.g. ''Tinodemus'', ''Podocesus'', ''Nesiotus'', ''Entomocnemus'' and ''Ochrodemus''. 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 ...

''.

Publications in entomology

* 1855, Description d'une nouvelle espèce d'Uloma. Ann. Soc. linn. Lyon, 2 : 421-426. with Mulsant. * 1855. Notes pour servir à l'histoire des Lagries. Ann. Soc. linn. Lyon, 2 : 65-74. with Mulsant. * 1855, Description de quelques espèces d'Elatérides. Ann. Soc. linn. Lyon, 2 : 17-32. with Mulsant. * 1855, Description de deux Coléoptères nouveaux ou peu connus. Ann. Soc. linn. Lyon, 2 : 157-160. with Mulsant. * 1855, Notes pour servir à l'histoire des Ténébrions. Ann. Soc. linn. Lyon, 2 : 9-13. with Mulsant. * 1855, Notes pour servir à l'histoire des Ténébrions. Ann. Soc. linn. Lyon, 2 : 9-13. with Mulsant. * 1856, Description d'une nouvelle espèce de Coléoptère de la tribu des Longicornes. Ann. Soc. linn. Lyon, 3 : 103-107. with Mulsant. * 1856, Description de quelques Elatérides nouveaux ou peu connus. Ann. Soc. linn. Lyon, 3 : 60-99. with Mulsant. * 1856, Description de la larve du Ludius ferrugineus. Ann. Soc. linn. Lyon, 3 : 190-192. with Mulsant. * 1857, Description d'une espèce nouvelle du genre Orchesia de la tribu des Barbiplapes. Ann. Soc. linn. Lyon, 4 : 414-416. with Mulsant. * 1885, Descriptions de quelques nouvelles espèces de Coléoptères. L'échange. Revue linnéenne, 1 (6) : 2-3. * 1885, Descriptions de quelques nouvelles espèces de Coléoptères.. L'échange. Revue linnéenne, 1 (7) : 2-3. * 1887, 1888 - Révision du genre Orchesia Latreille. L'échange. Revue linnéenne, 13p. * 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, Catalogue des Coléoptères du département de l'Ain. L'échange. Revue linnéenne, 69 p. * 1891, Note sur quelques Catops nouveaux. L'Échange. Revue linnéenne, 7 (83) : 116. * 1892, Description d'un Phalacrus nouveau. L'Échange. Revue linnéenne, 8 (86) : 20. * 1894. Descriptions de quelques especes de la famille de Phalacridae de la Collection de M. Antoine Grouvelle. Annales Societe Entomologique de France 63: 275-310. * 1894. Description de nouveaux psélaphides d'Algérie. L’Échange, Revue Linnéenne, 10, 46–47. * 1896. Descriptions de Phalacridae recueillis par M. Ch. Alluaud dans le Nord de Madagascar, en 1893 ol: Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 1893: 296–299.Fauna Europaea
Tinodemus Guillebeau

References

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