Lucien Chopard (31 August 1885 – 16 November 1971) 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 ...

. Chopard was born in

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. He graduated as a Doctor of Science in 1920 at the Faculté des sciences de Paris with a thesis entitled ''Recherches sur la conformation et le développement des derniers segments abdominaux chez les orthoptères''. After being named a correspondent of the

Muséum national d'histoire naturelle The French National Museum of Natural History, known in French as the ' (abbreviation MNHN), is the national natural history museum of France and a ' of higher education part of Sorbonne Universities. The main museum, with four galleries, is loc ...

in 1919 he entered that institution in 1931 working in the ''laboratoire d’entomologie'' where he was in charge of the

vivarium A vivarium (Latin, literally for "place of life"; plural: ''vivaria'' or ''vivariums'') is an area, usually enclosed, for keeping and raising animals or plants for observation or research. Water-based vivaria may have open tops providing they a ...

. He became ''sous directeur'' in 1936, then professor in 1951. He retired in 1955. Chopard was a specialist in

Orthoptera Orthoptera () is an order of insects that comprises the grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets, including closely related insects, such as the bush crickets or katydids and wētā. The order is subdivided into two suborders: Caelifera – grassho ...

. He worked on

Mantidae Mantidae is one of the largest families in the order of praying mantises, based on the type species ''Mantis religiosa''; however, most genera are tropical or subtropical. Historically, this was the only family in the order, and many references ...

collected by Charles A. Alluaud (1861–1949) and René Gabriel Jeannel (1879–1965) on their

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expedition (1911–1912). He became 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 ...

in 1901 and was distinguished by being made ''secrétaire général honoraire'' in 1950. He translated into French the work of

Vincent Brian Wigglesworth Sir Vincent Brian Wigglesworth CBE FRS (17 April 1899 – 11 February 1994) was a British entomologist who made significant contributions to the field of insect physiology. He established the field in a textbook which was updated in a number ...

(1899–1994), ''Physiologie des insectes'' (Dunond, Paris, 1959). In 1931 he was president of the

Société zoologique de France La Société zoologique de France ( en, "Zoological Society of France"), founded in 1876 by Aimé Bouvier, is a scientific society devoted to Zoology. It publishes a bulletin and organises the Prix Gadeau de Kerville de la Société zoologique d ...

Partial list of publications

* ''Faune de France''. 3, ''Orthoptères et dermaptères'' (Paul Lechevalier, Paris)(1922).Includes

earwigs Earwigs make up the insect order Dermaptera. With about 2,000 species in 12 families, they are one of the smaller insect orders. Earwigs have characteristic cerci, a pair of forcep-like pincers on their abdomen, and membranous wings folded ...

. * Note sur les orthoptères cavernicoles du Tonkin, ''Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France'', LIV : 424-438 (1929).. * La biologie des orthoptères (Paul Lechevalier, Paris)(1938). *with

Jacques Berlioz Jacques Berlioz (9 December 1891, Paris – 21 December 1975) was a French zoologist and ornithologist, specializing in hummingbirds. He was a grand-nephew of composer Hector Berlioz (1803–1869). Berlioz was born in Paris, where the family home ...

(1891–1975),

Léon Bertin Léon Bertin (8 April 1896, Paris – 5 February 1956, Saint-Amand-de-Vendôme) was a French zoologist. He was born in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, and died in the Loir-et-Cher Department of France, in a car accident. Biography ...

(1896–1954) et P. Laurent, ''Les Migrations animales'' (Gallimard, Paris)(1942). * Orthoptéroïdes de l'Afrique du Nord (Larose, Paris)(1943). * ''La Vie des sauterelles'' (Gallimard, Paris)(1945). *''Atlas des aptérygotes et orthoptéroïdes de France'' (Boubée, Paris)(1947). * ''Atlas des libellules de France'', Belgique, Suisse (Boubée, Paris)(1948). On

dragonflies A dragonfly is a flying insect belonging to the infraorder Anisoptera below the order Odonata. About 3,000 extant species of true dragonfly are known. Most are tropical, with fewer species in temperate regions. Loss of wetland habitat threa ...

. * ''Le Mimétisme, les colorations animales, dissimulation des formes et déguisements, ressemblances mimét''iques (Payot, Paris)(1949) * ''Faune de France''. 56, ''Orthoptéroïdes'' (Paul Lechevalier, Paris)(1951). * ''Orthopterorum catalogus''. Pars 10, ''Grillides'' : fam. Gryllidae, subfam. Gryllinae (W. Junk, s'-Gravenhage)(1967).

References

* Jacques d'Aguilar (1971). Le professeur Lucien Chopard (1885–1971), ''Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France'', 76 (9-10) : 240–241. (ISSN 0037-928X) ''Translated from Wiki France
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