Henri Tournier (1834 – 27 August 1904) was a
Swiss
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entomologist
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. He was a dealer in
Peney-le-Jorat
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The villages of Villars-Tiercelin, Montaubion- ...
. Tournier
described many new species of
Hymenoptera
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Females typi ...
and
Coleoptera
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.
Selected works
Coleoptera
*1868
Description des Dascillides du bassin du Léman'. 95 pp., 4 pls. Georg, Bale & Genève. F. Savy, Paris (Association Zoologique du Léman. Année 1867).
*1874 Materiaux pour servir a la monographie de la tribu des Erirhinides de la famille des Curculionides (Coleopteres). ''Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique'', vol.17, no. I, pp. 63–116.
Hymenoptera
*1889 Hymenoptéres, famille des Scolides: Monographie des espéces europeennes et des contres limitrophes du genre Tiphia Fabr. ''Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg.'' 33: 1–35.
*1889 Deux Hyménoptères nouveaux. ''Comptes rendus des Séances de la société entomologique de Belgique'' 33:23–24.
*1889 Études Hyménoptèrologiques; de quelques Pompilides d'Europe et contrées limitrophes. ''L’Entomologiste Genevois''. 1:133-140,154-178, 194–219.
*1889 Hyménoptères. Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles et remarques diverses. ''L’Entomologiste Genevois'' 1: 11–18, 2: 35–45, 3: 56–69, 4: 93–96, 5: 102–115, 6-8:124–140.
*1891 Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles ''L’Entomologiste Genevois''. 1:194–219.
*1895 Table synoptique des especes européennes et circa-européennes du genre Ferreola.'' Soc. Ent. France, Bull''.:11–13.
References
*de Beaumont, J. 1946–1947. Les Pompilides de la collection H. Tournier. Pompilinae de l'Europe centrale. ''Bulletin de la Société entomologique de Suisse'' 20:161–181.
Swiss entomologists
People from Gros-de-Vaud District
1834 births
1904 deaths
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