Reverendus Pater Jean Xavier Hyacinthe Montrouzier (3 December 1820 – 6 May 1897) was a

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Marist priest, explorer,

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, zoologist and

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 ...

. Abbé Montrouzier studied the flora and fauna of Melanesia especially

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Works

*Montrouzier, P. 1855. Essai sur la faune de l'île de Woodlark ou Mouiou. ''Annales de la Société d'Agriculture de Lyon'' 2 7: 1–114

Honours

Plants named for him include *the genus ''

Montrouziera ''Montrouziera'' is a genus of shrubs to large trees in the family Clusiaceae, endemic to New Caledonia. As usual in the Clusiaceae, species of this genus are known to contain xanthonoids. ''Montrouziera'' is related to the South American genus ...

'' "houp" ( Clusiaceae) *(Euphorbiaceae) ''Phyllanthus montrouzieri'' Guillaumin & Guillaumin *(Lecythidaceae) ''Barringtonia montrouzieri'' Vieill. *(Meliaceae) ''Aglaia montrouzieri'' Pierre ex Pellegr. Animals named for him include *''

Papilio montrouzieri ''Papilio montrouzieri'', occasionally referred to as Montrouzier's Ulysses, is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus ''Papilio'' that is endemic to New Caledonia. It resembles the more widespread relative, ''Papilio ulysses''. Its ...

'', Montrouzier's Ulysses, a swallowtail butterfly. *''

Cryptolaemus montrouzieri ''Cryptolaemus montrouzieri'', common name mealybug ladybird or mealybug destroyer, is a ladybird species. Etymology Étienne Mulsant described ''C. montrouzieri'', naming the new species after a Marist brother and missionary, Abbe Montrouzi ...

References

*Laracy, HM. 1973. Xavier Montrouzier: a missionary in Melanesia. In Davidson, J.W. and D. Scarr (eds), ''Pacific Islands Portraits''. Canberra, Australian National University Press, 127-145 *Patrick O’Reilly ''Un missionnaire naturaliste : Xavier Montrouzier (1820–1897)'' Patrick O'Reilly Besançon : Imprimerie catholique de l'est, 1931]

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