Maurice Auguste Régimbart (1852 in Evreux – 22 September 1907 in Evreux) was a French

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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 ...

, particularly

Dytiscidae The Dytiscidae – based on the Greek ''dytikos'' (δυτικός), "able to dive" – are the predaceous diving beetles, a family of water beetles. They occur in virtually any freshwater habitat around the world, but a few species live a ...

Gyrinidae The whirligig beetles are water beetles, comprising the family Gyrinidae that usually swim on the surface of the water if undisturbed, though they swim underwater when threatened. They get their common name from their habit of swimming rapidly i ...

and

Hydrophilidae Hydrophilidae, also known colloquially as water scavenger beetles, is a family of beetles. Aquatic hydrophilids are notable for their long maxillary palps, which are longer than their antennae. Several of the former subfamilies of Hydrophilidae ...

. Regimbart worked on expedition material collected mainly from

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and

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colonies. 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 ...

Selected works

*1877. Recherches sur les organes copulateurs et sur les fonctions génitales dans le genre Dytiscus. ''Ann. Soc. Entomol. France'' 46:263-274 + pl. 6. *1878. Etude sur la classification des Dytiscides. ''Ann. Soc. Entomol. France'' 8:447-466. *1882. Essai monographique de la famille des Gyrinidae, pt. 1. ''Ann. Soc. Entomol. France'' (6 ser., vol. 2) 51:379-458 + 3 pls. *1883. Essai monographique de la famille des Gyrinidae, pt. 2. ''Ann. Soc. Entomol. France'' (6 ser., vol. 3) 52:121-190 + 5 pls. *1888. Descriptions de Dytiscides nouveaux de l'Amérique de Sud. ''Ann. Soc. Entomol. France'' 57:388-392. *1888. Viaggio di Leonardo Fea in Birmania e regioni vicine. ''Ann. Mus. Civ. Storia Nat. Genoa'' 26:609-623. *1889. Contributions à la faune indochinoise. 2. Hydrocanthares. ''Ann. Soc. Entomol. France'' 58:147-156. *1892. Insectes du Bengale Occidental. 16. Hydrocanthares. ''Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg.'' 36:112-121. *1892. Viaggio di Lamberto Loria nella Papuasia orientale. iv. Haliplidae, Dytiscidae, et Gyrinidae. ''Ann. Mus. Civ. Storia Nat. Genoa'' 1892(2):978-997. *1894. Voyage de M. E. Simon dans l'Afrique australe (décembre-mars 1893). 1. Haliplidae, Dytiscidae and Gyrinidae. ''Ann. Soc. Entomol. France'' 63:227-240. *1895. Révision des Dytiscidae et Gyrinidae d'Afrique, Madagascar et îles voisines. En contribution à la faune entomologique du Congo. ''Mem. Soc. Entomol. Belg.'' 4:1-244. *1899. Révision des Dytiscidae de la région indo-sino-malaise. ''Ann. Soc. Entomol. France'' 68:186-367. *1902. ''Genera Insectorum'' ed. Wytsman, P., I. Gyrinidae. V. Vertemeol and L. Desmet, Brussels. 13 pp. *1903. Coléoptères aquatiques (Haliplidae, Dytiscidae, Gyrinidae et Hydrophilidae) recueillis dans le sud de Madagascar par M. Ch. Alluaud (juillet 1900-mai 1901). ''Ann. Soc. Entomol. France'' 72:1-51. *1906. Voyage de M. Ch. Alluaud dans l'Afrique Orientale: Dytiscidae, Gyrinidae, Hydrophilidae ncludes Haliplidae ''Ann. Soc. Entomol. France'' 75:235-278.

Collection

Regimbart's collection is in the

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References

*Constantin, R. 1992 Memorial des Coléopteristes Français. ''Bull. liaison Assoc. Col. reg. parisienne , Paris'' (Suppl. 14) : 1-92 78 *Lhoste, J. 1987: ''Les entomologistes français. 1750–1950''. INRA (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique), Paris : 1-355 98 {{DEFAULTSORT:Regimbart, Maurice Auguste French entomologists 1852 births 1907 deaths