Auguste Puton (born ''Jean Baptiste Auguste Puton'' 16 August 1834– died 8 April 1913) was a French

zoologist Zoology ( , ) is the scientific study of animals. Its studies include the structure, embryology, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct, and how they interact with their ecosystems. Zoology is one ...

, specialising in

Heteroptera The Heteroptera are a group of about 40,000 species of insects in the order Hemiptera. They are sometimes called "true bugs", though that name more commonly refers to the Hemiptera as a whole. "Typical bugs" might be used as a more unequivocal al ...

of the palearctic and in particular France. He published over 150 papers and a few catalogs. He described many new species, most of them are now owned by the

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Works

*Catalogue des hémiptères hétéroptères d'Europe / par A. Puton, .. / Paris : Deyrolle, 1869 *Catalogue des hémiptères-hétéroptères de L'Alsace et de Lorraine

exte imprimé is a 2007 Japanese supernatural horror film written and directed by Sion Sono, and stars Chiaki Kuriyama, Ren Osugi, and Megumi Satō. The title is a Japanese slang shortening Romanization of the English term "extension" from " hair extension". ...

/ Ferdinand Reiber, A. Puton / Colmar : Decker C, 1876 *Catalogue des hémiptères-homoptères (cicadines et psyllides) de l'Alsace et de la Lorraine et Supplément au catalogue des hémiptères-hétéroptères / Ferdinand Reiber, A. Puton / Colmar : Decker C, 1880 *Synopsis des Hémiptères-Hétéroptères de France T. I, 3ème partie, Reduvides, Saldides, Hydrocorises / Auguste Puton / Paris : Deyrolle, 1880

References

*Randall T. Schuh, James Alexander Slater, ''True bugs of the world (Hemiptera:Heteroptera): classification and natural history'', Cornell University Press, 1995, , page 11. {{DEFAULTSORT:Puton, Jean Baptiste Auguste 1834 births 1913 deaths French entomologists Hemipterists