Maurice Gilbert Perrot des Gozis (12 November 1851 – 11 April 1909,

Montluçon Montluçon (; oc, Montleçon ) is a commune in central France on the river Cher. It is the largest commune in the Allier department, although the department's prefecture is located in the smaller town of Moulins. Its inhabitants are known as ...

) was a French

entomologist Entomology () is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such as arach ...

who specialised in

Coleoptera Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...

. His collections are held by

Muséum national d'histoire naturelle The French National Museum of Natural History, known in French as the ' (abbreviation MNHN), is the national natural history museum of France and a ' of higher education part of Sorbonne Universities. The main museum, with four galleries, is loc ...

in Paris.

Works

*1881: Quelques rectifications synonymiques touchant différents genres et espèces de Coléoptères français (1re partie). ''Bulletin Bimensuel de la Société entomologique de France'', (1881)17(201): 150-151. *1882 Notes et remarques pour le futur catalogue des Coléoptères Gallo–Rhénane. ''Revue d‘Entomologie'' (Caen), 1, 193–207. (Pt) *1886. ''Recherche de l'espèce typique de quelques anciens genres. Rectifications synonymiques et notes diverses''. Herbin, Montluçon. 36 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. 42 *Roux, C. 1911: ozis, M. G. P. des''Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon'' (Nouvelle Séries), Lyon 6, pp. 147, 179 French entomologists French genealogists People from Montluçon 1851 births 1909 deaths {{entomologist-stub