Charles Coquerel (1822–1867) was a French navy surgeon and entomologist. Year 1822 (MDCCCXXII was a Common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Sunday of the Year 1867 ( MDCCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Entomology (from Greek grc ἔντομος entomos, "that which is cut in pieces or engraved/segmented" hence "insect" and grc -λογία
Coquerel collected insects in Madagascar and neighbouring islands. Insects ( Class Insecta) are a major group of Arthropods and the most diverse group of Animals on the Earth with over a million described Madagascar, or Republic of Madagascar (older name Malagasy Republic) is an Island nation in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern A number of these were described after his death by Léon Fairmaire in his Notes sur les Coléopteres recueillis par Charles Coquerel a Madagascar et sur les côtes d'Afrique (1869). Léon Marc Herminie Fairmaire ( 1820 - April 1, 1906) was a French Entomologist. During his lifetime Coquerel wrote a number of articles and books, including an appendix on insects in Auguste Vinson's Voyage à Madagascar au couronnement de Radama II (1865).
A number of animals are named after him, including the Coquerel's Coua Coua coquereli (Grandidier, 1867), the Coquerel's Sifaka Propithecus coquereli (Milne-Edwards, 1867), and the Coquerel's Giant Mouse Lemur Mirza coquereli (Grandidier, 1867), each of these species endemic to Madagascar. UserPolbot. -->The Coquerel's Coua ( Coua coquereli) is a species of Cuckoo in the Cuculidae Alfred Grandidier (December 20 1836&ndashSeptember 13 1921 was a French naturalist and explorer. Year 1867 ( MDCCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Coquerel's Sifaka ( Propithecus coquereli) is a medium-sized Lemur of the Sifaka genus Propithecus. Alphonse Milne-Edwards ( October 13, 1835 - April 21, 1900) was a French Mammalologist, Ornithologist and Coquerel's Giant Mouse Lemur or Coquerel's Dwarf Lemur ( Mirza coquereli) is a small Nocturnal Lemur endemic to Madagascar Madagascar, or Republic of Madagascar (older name Malagasy Republic) is an Island nation in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern Coquerel's insect collection is in the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris. The Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle ( MNHN) is the French national Museum of Natural history.
References
- Lhoste, J. 1987 Les entomologistes français. 1750 - 1950. INRA (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique) , Paris : 1-355 328
- Marseul, S. A. de 1889: Les Entomologistes et leurs Écrits. L'Abeille (5) 26(=2) 224-286 284-286, Schr. verz.
- Papavero, N. 1971: Essays on the history of Neotropical dipterology. Sao Paulo 194-195
- Viette, P. 1962: [Coquerel, J. C. ] Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 131 8
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