Anatole Auguste Boieldieu (1824 – 29 May 1886 in

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) was a French

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who specialised in

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. He was a member of the

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. His collection is conserved by the

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Paris Boieldieu wrote many short and some longer scientific papers in which he described new

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. Two important papers are *Quelques Coléoptères nouveaux des Iles d'Eubée et Baléares. ''

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'' (4) 5:5-12.(1865) ... *1859. Descriptions des espèces. nouvelles des Coléoptères. ''

'' 7: 475–582. (1859).

References

*Bourgeois, J. 1886 oieldieu, A. A.''

''. (6), Bull. LXXXIX *Constantin, R. 1992 ''Memorial des Coléopteristes Français''. Bull. liaison Assoc. Col. reg. parisienne, Paris (Suppl. 14): 1-92. {{DEFAULTSORT:Boieldieu, Anatole Auguste 1824 births 1886 deaths French entomologists