Ernest (e) Allard (1820–1900) was a French
entomologist
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who specialised in
Coleoptera
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. He is not to be confused with the Belgian entomologist
Vincent Allard
Vincent Allard (18 December 1921 – 22 January 1994) was a Belgian entomologist.
Born at Braine l'Alleud, south Brussels, Vincent Allard received his medical studies in France where he obtained several degrees from the University of Paris and ...
(1921–1994).
Allard's collection was acquired by
René Oberthür
René Oberthür (1852, Rennes – 27 April 1944) was a French entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera.
With his brother Charles Oberthür he worked in "Imprimerie Oberthür" the very successful printing business founded by his father Françoi ...
and is now held by
Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, in Paris and
Museum Koenig
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in Bonn. He was a Member of the
Société entomologique de France
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.
Works
*Allard, E. 1869. Révision du genre Asida Latreille. ''L'Abeille'', ''Revue d'Entomologie'' 6: 159–305.
*Allard, E. 1876. Révision des
hélopines vrais de Lacordaire, ''L'Abeille'', R''evue d'Entomologie'' 14: 1–80.
Further reading
*Aubé C. 1863.
ew taxa In: Grenier A. J. F.: ''Catalogue des coléoptères de France et matériaux pour servir à la faune des coléoptères français'' par MM. E. Allard, Ch. Aubé, Ch. Brisout de Barneville, A. Chevrolat, L. Fairmaire, A. Fauvel, A. Grenier, Dr Kraatz, J. Linder, L., Reiche et Félicien de Saulcy. L. Toinon, Paris: A. J. F. Grenier, iv + 3–79 + 1–135 pp.
References
*Constantin, R. 1992: ''Memorial des Coléopteristes Français''. Bulletin de liaison de l'Association des Coléoptéristes de la région parisienne, Paris (Suppl. 14), S. 1–92, pp. 8
*Giard, A. 1900:
iographien''Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France'', Paris 1900 , pp. 42
1820 births
1900 deaths
French entomologists
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