Loïc Henri Marcel Matile (26 June 1938 – 10 June 2000, in
Paris
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) was a French
entomologist
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who specialised in
Diptera (Bolitophilidae, Diadocidiidae, Keroplatidae, Lygistorrhinidae, Mycetophilidae).
Matile worked at the
Muséum national d'histoire naturelle
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where he held the Chair of Entomology for a brief period before his death.
Works
(Selected)
*with W.A. Steffan & R.J. Gagné ''Families Mycetophilidae, Sciaridae and Cecidomyiidae''. In Evenhuis, N.L. (ed.), ''Catalog of the Diptera of Australasia and Oceania''. Bishop Museum Special Publication 86.(1989).
*''Recherches sur la Systematique et l'Evolution des Keroplatidae (Diptera, Mycetophiloide)''. Memoires Du Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle 148 (1990)
*''Diptères d'Europe Occidentale'' Tomes 1 and 2 ''Atlas d'Entomologie''.Editions N. Boubée.Paris (2000).
References
*Anonym 2000
atile, L.''Revue fr. Ent.'', (N. S.) 22(4) 129-133, Portr.
*Daugeron, C., Charbonnel, J. & Bourgoin, T. 2002
atile, L. ''Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr.'' (N. S.) 38(1/2) 5-11, Portrait.
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*Cranston, P.,2000 .Loïc humour, passion and commitment ''Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr.'' (N. S.) 38(1/2) 4
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*Dupis, C. & J. P. 2001:
atile, L.''Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr''. 106(4) 325-327, Portr.
French entomologists
Dipterists
1938 births
2000 deaths
20th-century French zoologists
National Museum of Natural History (France) people
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