Valéry Mayet (2 January 1839, in

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 ...

– 1909) 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 ...

. He was professor of

zoology Zoology ()The pronunciation of zoology as is usually regarded as nonstandard, though it is not uncommon. is the branch of biology that studies the Animal, animal kingdom, including the anatomy, structure, embryology, evolution, Biological clas ...

Montpellier Montpellier (, , ; oc, Montpelhièr ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of ...

at the French National School of Agriculture ( École nationale d'agriculture).

Publications

* ''Sur l'oeuf du Phylloxera'', 1881 (On the eggs of

phylloxera Grape phylloxera is an insect pest of commercial grapevines worldwide, originally native to eastern North America. Grape phylloxera (''Daktulosphaira vitifoliae'' (Fitch 1855) belong to the family Phylloxeridae, within the order Hemiptera, bugs ...

). * ''Résultats des traitements effectués en Suisse en vue de la destruction du Phylloxera'', 1881 (Results on treatments used in

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

for destruction of phylloxera). * ''Voyage dans le sud de la Tunisie''. 1886 (Travel into southern

Tunisia ) , image_map = Tunisia location (orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = Location of Tunisia in northern Africa , image_map2 = , capital = Tunis , largest_city = capital , ...

). *
Les Insectes de la vigne
'.

: Camille Coulet, 1890. * ''The phylloxera of the vine'', by Valéry Mayet; translated for the Board of Viticultural Commissioners, 1894. * ''La Cochenille des vignes du Chili''. 1895 (The cochineal of Chilean vineyards). * ''Essai de géographie zoologique de l'Hérault''. 1898 (Zoological geography of Herault). * ''Catalogue raisonné des reptiles et batraciens de la Tunisie''. 1903 (Catalogue raisonné of reptiles and amphibians of Tunisia.IDREF.fr
(list of publications).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mayet, Valery French entomologists 1839 births 1909 deaths Scientists from Lyon University of Montpellier faculty