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Jean-Pierre Lacroix (1938–1989) was a French entomologist.

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He was the best specialist on Lucanidae. He publishes many works always with very nice and accurate figures he drew himself.

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Book

The Beetles of the World, Odontolabini 1 (Lucanidae)

Works

The complete list of his publications as been written by Hugues E. Bomans.

Some of his last works include:

  • 1982 - Notes sur quelques Coleoptera Lucanidae nouveaux ou peu connus, Miscellanea Entomologica, 49, pp. 13–30.
  • 1983 - Descriptions de Coleoptera Lucanidae nouveaux ou peu connus (2ème note) (in collaboration with P. Ratti and G. Taroni), Bulletin de la Société Sciences Nat, 38, pp. 2–8.
  • 1983 - Descriptions de Coleoptera Lucanidae nouveaux ou peu connus (3ème note), Bulletin de la Société Sciences Nat, 40, pp. 5–19.
  • 1987 - Descriptions de Coleoptera Lucanidae nouveaux ou peu connus (4ème note), Bulletin de la Société Sciences Nat, 56, pp. 11–13, 1 col. plate.
  • 1988 - Descriptions de Coleoptera Lucanidae nouveaux ou peu connus (5ème note), Bulletin de la Société Sciences Nat, 57, pp. 7–12.
  • 1989 - Descriptions de Coleoptera Lucanidae nouveaux ou peu connus (6ème note), Bulletin de la Société Sciences Nat, 59, pp. 5–7, 1 col. plate.
  • 1990 - Descriptions de Coleoptera Lucanidae nouveaux ou peu connus (7ème note), Bulletin de la Société Sciences Nat, 65, pp. 11–14, 1 col. plate.
  • 1991 - Descriptions de Coleoptera Lucanidae nouveaux ou peu connus (8ème note), Bulletin de la Société Sciences Nat, 69, pp. 25–26.

    • Entomological terms named after him

  • Aegus platypodon lacroixi Bomans, 1993
  • Cyclommatus lacroixi Weinreich, 1971
  • Ditomoderus lacroixi Bomans, 1973
  • Homoderinus lacroixi Bomans, 1969
  • Lissotes lacroixi Bomans, 1986
  • Prosopocoilus lacroixi Bomans, 1970

    • List of the taxa he created

    The list of 95 new names which he created is published on the web.

    Among them are several new species of Cyclommatus which were never the object of a publication. In fact the author prepared a revision of the genus to appear in a volume of the series of The Beetles of the World, almost totality of photos had been realized by Guy Bouloux. A heart attack at the age of 51 ended this project.

    Another work in preparation was a fauna of the Stag beetles of the island of Sumatra, thanks to the numerous sendings of specimens captured on the spot by Dr Eduard W . Diehl.

    References

    Jean-Pierre Lacroix Wikipedia
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