Jacques Marie Frangile Bigot (1818–1893) was a French naturalist and entomologist most noted for his studies of Diptera. Bigot was born in

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, where he lived all his life, though he had a small house in

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in 1845, as was most of his later work. Bigot was a prolific author, and, like Francis Walker, his work was the subject of much later criticism. Bigot's collection of exotic (extra-European)

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and Syrphidae was purchased by George Henry Verrall, who gave it to the

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. The exotic

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and all his European Diptera were presented to the

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. The Coleoptera and Hemiptera were presented to the Entomological Society of France by A. P. Mauppin in 1899.

Selected works

*1845?- 18—Diptères nouveaux ou peu connus long series in ''Ann Soc.Ent.Fr.'
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*1858 ''Diptères de Madagascar'' *1888 ''Enumération des Diptères recueillis en Tunisie'' *1892 ''Voyage de Alluaud dans le territoire d'Assinie (Afrique occidentale) en 1886 :Diptères '' A complete list of Bigot's works is given by Evenhuis, N.L. 2003. The complete bibliography of scientific works of Jacques-Marie-Frangille Bigot. ''Zootaxa'' 210: 1-36 and the genera erected by Bigot are discussed in Evenhuis, N.L. & Pont, A.C. (2004): The Diptera Genera of Jacques-Marie-Frangile Bigot. ''Zootaxa'' 751: 1-94; Auckland.

Note

Another French entomologist specializing in Lepidoptera, Louis Bigot (publishing 1963 to present), should not be confused.

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'' Taxa described by Bigot.Complete and many supported by images.Type Bigot into the search box
Gaedike, R.; Groll, E. K. & Taeger, A. 2012: Bibliography of the entomological literature from the beginning until 1863 : online database - version 1.0 - Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut.
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