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Jean Baptiste Lucien Buquet

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Jean Baptiste Lucien Buquet (4 March 1807 – 14 December 1889) was a French entomologist and insect trader.[1][2]

Career

Buquet described numerous genera and species of beetles, focusing especially on exotic families such as Buprestidae, Lucanidae, Scarabaeidae and Cerambycidae. He also dealt in butterflies, notably Morpho and Agrias species.[3][4] His specimens were primarily sourced from the French colonial territories. Buquet was an active member of the Société entomologique de France.[5]

Selected Publications

  • “Description de onze espèces nouvelles du genre Lebia, rapportées de Cayenne par M. Leprieur.” Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 3:673–681 (1834).
  • “Description d’un Coléoptère nouveau du genre Goliathus.” Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 4:135–137 (1835).
  • Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 5:201–207 (1836).
  • “Description d'une nouvelle espèce de Buprestide du genre Polybothris.” Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (3) 2:75–76 (1854).
  • “Mémoire sur deux genres nouveaux de coléoptères de la famille des Longicornes (Oxilus et Sthelenus), suivi de la description de plusieurs espèces appartenant aux genres Platyarthron, Oeme, Clytus, Apriona, Cerosterna et Acanthoderus.” Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 7 (3):619–636 (1859).

References

  1. ↑ Simón Fenwick. A Guide to the Archives of the Royal Entomological Society. Taylor & Francis, 2017. p. 83. ISBN 9781351962476.
  2. ↑ Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. Volumes 38–39. Nicolai'sche Verlags-Buchhandlung, 1991. p. 336.
  3. ↑ Herbert Otto. Butterflies of the Kruger National Park and Surrounds. Penguin Random House, 2015. ISBN 9781775843108.
  4. ↑ Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins, Michael Grayson. The Eponym Dictionary of Birds. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020. p. 342. ISBN 9781472982698.
  5. ↑ Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. “BUQUET Jean-Baptiste-Lucien.” Consulted 21 March 2023.