Jean-Pierre Lacroix

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

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

The Beetles of the World, Odontolabini 1 (Lucanidae)

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

Some of his last works include:

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.

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