Joseph Alexandre Laboulbène
Joseph Alexandre Laboulbène (25 August 1825 Agen – 7 December 1898, Paris) was a French physician and entomologist. A friend of the entomologist Jean-Marie Léon Dufour (1780–1865), he studied medicine in University of Paris, the University of Paris and was awarded the title Docteur in 1854. He taught in the medical faculty until 1879. Laboulbène was interested in harmful insects notably in the Order Diptera. The order of mushrooms Laboulbeniales, is dedicated to him, by Engler in 1898. In 1853, ''Laboulbenia'' which is a genus of fungi in the family Laboulbeniaceae, was named in his honour. Works * with Léon Fairmaire (1854). ''Faune Entomologique Française. Coleoptera''. Paris : Deyrolle Vol. 1 665 pp also Felix Malteste et Cie., Paris?. (1854). * 1874) ''Notices nécrologique sur le docteur Antoine Dours'', in: Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, Vol. 43, pp. 351–358 References Sources

*Jean Lhoste (1987). Les Entomologistes français. 1750 ...
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