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Hervé de Toulgoët

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Herve Toulgoet


Hervé de Toulgoët (28 March 1911 – 14 September 2009) was a French entomologist. He specialised in Lepidoptera Arctiidae. He also studied the beetle genus Carabus and the moths of the family Zygaenidae. A biography was published by his friend Paul Thiaucourt. Another interesting note is the one of Jocelyne Navatte.

According to Navatte's note, de Toulgoët published 179 works. On the genus Carabus, he published a Catalogue of the types of the Paris Museum collection. On the Zygaenidae he published a note on some Moroccan species. His other works are mainly on Arctiidae.

Taxa

Hervé de Toulgoët described 432 new species, and the following 31 genera:

Many taxa have also been named in honour of de Toulgoët:

References

Hervé de Toulgoët Wikipedia