Félicien Chapuis (29 April 1824 – 30 September 1879) was a Belgian

doctor Doctor, Doctors, The Doctor or The Doctors may refer to: Titles and occupations * Physician, a medical practitioner * Doctor (title), an academic title for the holder of a doctoral-level degree ** Doctorate ** List of doctoral degrees awarded b ...

and

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 ...

. He specialised 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 ...

and finished the text of ''Genera des coléoptères'' by Théodore Lacordaire (1801—1870) when Lacordaire died. Chapuis was born in Verviers, the son of a doctor. He studied medicine in Bonn and at the University of Liège. He received a science degree in 1848 and a medical degree from Paris in 1852. He practiced medicine in his home town. He was interested in entomology and along with

Ernest Candèze Ernest Charles Auguste Candèze was a Belgian doctor and entomologist who was born 22 February 1827 at Liège and died in Glain, 30 June 1898. He studied in Liège under Jean Theodore Lacordaire (1801–1870), then studied medicine in Paris a ...

he worked with Théodore Lacordaire on the study of beetle larvae. He wrote: *186
''Monographie des platypides''
H. Dessain, Liège. *1874. ''Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Genera des Coléoptères''. Tome 10. Libraire Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris, 455 pp., pls. 111–124. (Phytophages) *1875
''Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Genera des Coléoptères''. Tome 11
Libraire Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris, 420 pp., pls. 125–130. (Phytophages) *1876. ''Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Genera des Coléoptères''. Tome 12. Libraire Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris, 424 pp., pls. 131–134. (Érotyliens. Endomychides, Coccinellides).

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