Henri Ribaut (1872 – 14 February 1967, in
Toulouse) was a
French
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naturalist and
entomologist
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. He was a specialist in
Hemiptera
Hemiptera (; ) is an order (biology), order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising over 80,000 species within groups such as the cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, Reduviidae, assassin bugs, Cimex, bed bugs, and shield bugs. ...
notably
Auchenorrhyncha Sternorrhyncha,
Heteroptera
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, and
Coleorrhyncha.
His collection which includes Hymenoptera is held by the
University of Toulouse, Laboratoire d'Entomologie.
Works
partial list
*''
Faune de France ''Faune de France'' is a 99 volume synthesis of Zoology of France published between 1921 and 1999. The books are written in the French language. They contain identification keys.
Launched in 1921 by the French Federation of Natural Science Societ ...
'' Volume n° 31 - Henri Ribaut (1872-1967) - Homoptères Auchénorhynques. I.
Typhlocybidae. 1936, 231 p. (réimpression 1986)
*''Faune de France'' Volume n° 57 - Henri Ribaut (1872-1967) - Homoptères Auchénorhynque II.
Jassidae. 1952, 474 p. (réimpression 2000)
References
*Emmrich, R. 2003 ''History of Auchenorrhyncha research in central Europe''.
*Wagner, W. 1968:
ibaut, H.''Entomologische Zeitschrift'', Frankfurt a. M 78 (21), pp. 245-246.
*Groll, E. K. (2017).
Biographies of the Entomologists of the World'. Online database, version 8. Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut, Müncheberg
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French entomologists
1967 deaths
1872 births