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Pycna Itremensis
''Pycna'' is a genus of cicadas in the tribe Platypleurini, from Madagascar. Species The ''World Auchenorrhyncha Database'' References External links * {{Taxonbar, from=Q16937125 Hemiptera of Africa Taxa named by Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville Taxa named by Charles Jean-Baptiste Amyot Cicadidae genera Platypleurini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Jean-Baptiste Amyot
Charles Jean-Baptiste Amyot (23 September 1799, in Vendreeuv – 13 October 1866, in Paris) was a French lawyer and entomologist especially interested in the Hemiptera. After his father died, Amyot lived with a neighbor, a wealthy merchant, who was also an entomologist, Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville. They become life-long friends, and Audinet-Serville advised Amyot to specialize in the Hemiptera, which at the time was being ignored by serious entomologists. In 1822, Amyot became a lawyer, but he continued to study the Hemiptera. In 1833, he published a work on civil law, ''Institutes, ou Principes des lois civiles'' (''Institutes, or the principles of civil law''). In 1843, together with Audinet-Serville, he published ''Histoire naturelle des insectes hémiptères'' (''The Natural History of the Hemiptera Insects''). Amyot was also interested in applied entomology and wrote several publications devoted to insect pests and how to fight them. Amyot later became the president o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |