Benoit-Philibert Perroud (1796

Lyon Lyon (Franco-Provençal: ''Liyon'') is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, north ...

-1887, Lyon), was a French

entomologist Entomology (from Ancient Greek ἔντομον (''éntomon''), meaning "insect", and -logy from λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study") is the branch of zoology that focuses on insects. Those who study entomology are known as entomologists. In ...

. Benoit-Philibert Perroud was a specialist in

Coleoptera Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...

. He was a Member of the

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, the Société Linnéenne de Lyon and the

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Works

partial list *Perroud, B. P. 1855. Description de quelques espèces nouvelles ou peu connus et création de quelques nouveaux genres dans la famille des longicornes. ''Annales de la Societé Linneene de Lyon'' (2)2:327-401. *Perroud, B.-P. and Montrousier, P everendus Pater 1864: Essai sur la faune entomologique de Kanala (Nouvelle Calédonie) et descriptions de quelques espèces nouvelles ou peu connues. ''Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon'', 11: 46-257.

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French entomologists Coleopterists Scientists from Lyon 1796 births 1887 deaths {{entomologist-stub