Melchior de Lisle

Melchior de Lisle (22 February 1908 – 26 August 1977) was a French entomologist. He specialised in Coleoptera Lucanidae.

His life

A biography was written by Jean-Pierre Lacroix.[1]

In 1933 he married Christiane Frommer who operated a music lounge in Paris.[2]

He was an alumnus of the École polytechnique.

In Cameroon he managed works of infrastructure (bridges),[3] and on returning to Paris he became a headmaster of an engineering school.

Entomological works

During his stay in Cameroon, he was interested in cetonids and described new species, subspecies, and observed behavior.[4][5]

Upon his return to Europe, he was fascinated by the Lucanidae. He gathered a significant collection and described numerous new taxa. His most important works are published in a Swiss zoological journal.[6]

He also studied the Cerambycidae.[7]

Entomological terms named after him

  • Bangalaia lislei Villiers, 1941
  • Dorcus delislei Nagai & Tsukawaki, 1999
  • Figulus delislei Benesh, 1953
  • Goniochernes lislei Vachon, 1941
  • Horridocalia delislei Endrödi, 1974
  • Ixorida venera delislei Miksic, 1972
  • Prismognathus delislei Endrödi, 1971
  • Rosenbergia lislei Rigout, 1981
  • Sclerostomus delislei Weinreich, 1961
  • Smaragdesthes delislei Paulian, 1940

List of the taxa he created

The list of the 103 taxa he created, fully referenced, is published on the web.[8]

References

  1. ^ Lacroix (J.-P.), 1980. In Memoriam. Melchior de Lisle. 1908-1977, Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie, 10, pp. 123-127
  2. ^ Le Panthéon des musiciens. Christiane de Lisle
  3. ^ Lisle (M. de), 1955. Le pont sur le Wouri, à Douala (Cameroun), La Technique des Travaux, 31, pp. 307-320
  4. ^ Lisle (M. de), 1947. Les Cétoines du Cameroun, Bulletin de la Société des Société d'Études camerounaises, 12, pp. 73-102
  5. ^ Lisle (M. de), 1947. Notes complémentaires sur les Cétoines du Cameroun, Bulletin de la Société d'Études camerounaises, 19-20, pp. 7-54
  6. ^ Lisle (M. de), 1967-1977. Notes (1-4) sur quelques Lucanidae nouveaux ou peu connus, Revue suisse de Zoologie, volumes 74, 77, 80 & 84
  7. ^ Lisle (M. de), 1955. Description d'un Lamaire nouveau du Cameroun, Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France, 60, pp. 85-86
  8. ^ List of the taxa described by Melchior de Lisle
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