Lucien Chopard (Paris, 31 August 1885 – 16 November 1971) 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 ...

. He graduated as a Doctor of Science in 1920 at the Faculté des sciences de Paris with a thesis entitled ''Recherches sur la conformation et le développement des derniers segments abdominaux chez les orthoptères''. After being named a correspondent of the

Muséum national d'histoire naturelle The French National Museum of Natural History ( ; abbr. MNHN) is the national natural history museum of France and a of higher education part of Sorbonne University. The main museum, with four galleries, is located in Paris, France, within the Ja ...

in 1919 he entered that institution in 1931 working in the ''laboratoire d’entomologie'' where he was in charge of the

vivarium A vivarium (; or vivariums) is an area, usually enclosed, for keeping and raising animals or plants for observation or research. Water-based vivaria may have open tops providing they are not connected to other water bodies. An animal enclosur ...

. He became ''sous directeur'' in 1936, then professor in 1951. He retired in 1955. Chopard was a specialist in

Orthoptera Orthoptera () is an order of insects that comprises the grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets, including closely related insects, such as the bush crickets or katydids and wētā. The order is subdivided into two suborders: Caelifera – gras ...

. He worked on

Mantidae Mantidae is one of the largest family (biology), families in the Order (biology), order of Mantodea, praying mantises, based on the type species ''Mantis religiosa''; most genera are tropical or subtropical. Historically, this was the only family ...

collected by Charles A. Alluaud and René Gabriel Jeannel on their East Africa expedition (1911–1912). He became a Member of the

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in 1901 and was distinguished by being made ''secrétaire général honoraire'' in 1950. He translated into French the work of

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, ''Physiologie des insectes'' (Dunond, Paris, 1959). In 1931 he was made president of the

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Partial list of publications

* ''Faune de France''. 3, ''Orthoptères et dermaptères'' (Paul Lechevalier, Paris)(1922).Includes

earwigs Earwigs make up the insect order Dermaptera. With about 2,000 species in 12 families, they are one of the smaller insect orders. Earwigs have characteristic cerci, a pair of forceps-like pincers on their abdomen, and membranous wings folde ...

. * Note sur les orthoptères cavernicoles du Tonkin, ''Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France'', LIV : 424-438 (1929).. * La biologie des orthoptères (Paul Lechevalier, Paris)(1938). *with

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(1891–1975),

Léon Bertin Léon Bertin (8 April 1896, Paris – 5 February 1956, Saint-Amand-de-Vendôme) was a French zoologist. He was born in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, and died in the Loir-et-Cher Department of France, in a car accident. Biography ...

(1896–1954) et P. Laurent, ''Les Migrations animales'' (Gallimard, Paris)(1942). * Orthoptéroïdes de l'Afrique du Nord (Larose, Paris)(1943). * ''La Vie des sauterelles'' (Gallimard, Paris)(1945). *''Atlas des aptérygotes et orthoptéroïdes de France'' (Boubée, Paris)(1947). * ''Atlas des libellules de France'', Belgique, Suisse (Boubée, Paris)(1948). On

dragonflies A dragonfly is a flying insect belonging to the infraorder Anisoptera below the order Odonata. About 3,000 extant species of dragonflies are known. Most are tropical, with fewer species in temperate regions. Loss of wetland habitat threate ...

. * ''Le Mimétisme, les colorations animales, dissimulation des formes et déguisements, ressemblances mimétiques'' (Payot, Paris)(1949) * ''Faune de France''. 56, ''Orthoptéroïdes'' (Paul Lechevalier, Paris)(1951). * ''Orthopterorum catalogus''. Pars 10, ''Grillides'' : fam. Gryllidae, subfam. Gryllinae (W. Junk, s'-Gravenhage)(1967).

References

* Jacques d'Aguilar (1971). Le professeur Lucien Chopard (1885–1971), ''Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France'', 76 (9-10) : 240–241. (ISSN 0037-928X) {{DEFAULTSORT:Chopard, Lucien French entomologists 1885 births 1971 deaths 20th-century French zoologists