Eugène Séguy (21 April 1890 – 1 June 1985) was a French
entomologist
Entomology (from Ancient Greek ἔντομον (''éntomon''), meaning "insect", and -logy from λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study") is the branch of zoology that focuses on insects. Those who study entomology are known as entomologists. In ...
and
artist
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who specialised in
Diptera
Flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwings having evolved into advance ...
. He held a chair of entomology at the
Muséum national d'histoire naturelle
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in Paris from 1956 to 1960. He is also known for establishing the Diptera section at that museum. This entomologist is often confused with a French artist with a similar name: Émile-Allain Séguy
:fr:Émile-Allain Séguy (1877–1951). The latter is known for his
pochoir
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artworks representing plants.
Work
* (Collection of biological and systematic studies on Diptera of the World). 11 vols. Text figs. Part of , Serie B II: Diptera. (1924–1953).
* ''
Faune de France''. :
Ptychopteridae
The Ptychopteridae, phantom crane flies, are a small family (three extant genera) of nematocerous Diptera. Superficially similar in appearance to other "tipuloid" families, they lack the ocelli of the Trichoceridae, the five-branched radial vein ...
à
Phlebotominae
The Phlebotominae are a subfamily of the family Psychodidae. In several countries, their common name is sandfly, but that name is also applied to other flies. The Phlebotominae include many genera of blood-feeding ( hematophagous) flies, includi ...
109 p.,179 figs (1925).
* . .
Stratiomyidae
The soldier flies (Stratiomyidae, sometimes misspelled as Stratiomyiidae, from Greek - soldier; - fly) are a family of flies (historically placed in the now-obsolete group Orthorrhapha). The family contains over 2,700 species in over 380 exta ...
to
Omphralidae
The Scenopinidae or window flies are a small (about 400 described species) family of flies (Diptera), distributed worldwide. In buildings, they are often taken at windows, hence the common name window flies.
The two species with cosmopolitan dis ...
308 p.,685 figs (1926).
* . .
Asilidae
The Asilidae are the robber fly family, also called assassin flies. They are powerfully built, bristly flies with a short, stout proboscis enclosing the sharp, sucking Insect mouthparts#Hypopharynx, hypopharynx. The name "robber flies" reflects t ...
308 p.,685 figs 190 p.,384 figs (1927).
*
arzo-Luglio 1931 . ''Ann. Mus. civ. Stor. nat. Genova'' 55
930–1931 93 may refer to:
* 93 (number)
* one of the years 93 BC, AD 93, 1993, 2093, etc.
* 93 Seine-Saint-Denis, French department, Paris, Île-de-France
* Atomic number 93: neptunium
* ''Ninety-Three'', English title of ''Quatrevingt-treize'' (same meani ...
490–511, figures 1–3 (1932).
* . Voyage de M.M. Lesne
928–192913e note. Diptères
e partie Mems. Estud. Mus. zool. Univ. Coimbra 67: 5–80 (1933).
* . Rev. Soc. ent. Argent. 6: 9–16, 3 figures (1934).
* Séguy, E. . ; Ed.: Jeannel. Mus. Natn. Hist. nat. 8: 319–380 (1938).
* Séguy, E., 1938 ; Delagrave.
* . 684 p.,957 fig (1944).
* . pp. 609. 7 col + 3 b/w plates, 225 text figs. (1950).
* . Editions P. Lechevalier, Paris (FR)(1967).
References
* , Neuchâtel.
* (1890–1985), 1990, Volume 26, Issue 3 of
on line
External links
*
Les mouches, Planches d'Eugène SéguyMuséum d'histoire naturelle, Neuchâtel
* New York Public Library Digital Collection
archived prints
1890 births
1985 deaths
French entomologists
Dipterists
National Museum of Natural History (France) people
20th-century French zoologists
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