Joseph-Étienne Giraud (31 January 1808,

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– 28 May 1877, Paris) was a French doctor 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 ...

specializing in

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with an additional interest in

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. Giraud practised medicine in

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and Paris. He became the President of the

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for the year 1870.

Works

''Hymenoptera'' * Note sur un Hyménoptère nouveau du genre Ampulex, trouvé aux environs de Vienne.''Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien'' 8:441-448 (1858). * Signalements de quelques espèces nouvelles de Cynipides et de leurs Galles. ''Verhandlungen des Zoologisch-Botanischen Vereins in Wien'' 9.:337–374 (1859) * Hyménoptères recueillis aux environs de Suse, en Piémont, et dans le département des Hautes-Alpes, en France; et Description de quinze espèces nouvelles. ''Verhandlungen der kaiserlichköniglichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien'' 13:11-46 (1863). *Mémoire sur les Insectes qui vivent sur le Roseau common, Phragmites communis Trin.(Arundo phragmites L.) et plus spécialement sur ceux de l’ordre des Hyménoptères.''Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien'' 13:1251-1312, pl. XXII. (1863). * Mémoire sur les Insecte qui habitent les tiges sèches de la Ronce. ''Annales de la Société Entomologique de France'' (Série 4) 6:443-500. * Observations hyménoptérologiques. Hyménoptère nouveau de la famille des fouisseurs.''Annales de la Société Entomologique de France'' (Série 4) 9:469-473 (1869). * Liste des éclosions d'insects observées par le Dr Joseph-Étienne Giraud ... recueillie et annotée par M. le Dr Alexandre Laboulbène. ''Annales de la Société Entomologique de France'' (Ser. 5), 7, 397-436 (1877). ''Coleoptera'' * Coleopterenfauna von Gastein ''Verh. zool.-bot. Ver. Wien'', 1: 84-98, 132-140 (1852).

References

*Constantin, R. 1992 ''Memorial des Coléopteristes Français''. Bull. liaison Assoc. Col. reg. parisienne, Paris (Suppl. 14) : 1-92. * Fairmaire, L. 1877 iraud, J. E.''Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr.'' (5) 7 389-396. *Lhoste, J. 1987 ''Les entomologistes français. 1750-1950''. INRA (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique), Paris : 1-355. {{DEFAULTSORT:Giraud, Joseph-Etienne French entomologists Presidents of the Société entomologique de France Hymenopterists 1808 births 1877 deaths