Maurice Pic (23 March 1866, in Marrigny near Digoin – 29 December 1957, in Les Guerreaux) 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 ...

who specialised in

Coleoptera Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...

. He contributed to Mary-Louis Fauconnet's ''Catalogue raisonné des coléoptères de Saône-et-Loire'' (Le Creusot, Martet, 1887) and wrote many short papers, many in ''L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne'' describing world beetles. His most important work was for Sigmund Schenkling's still very relevant ''Coleopterorum Catalogus''. Pic's collection is in 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 Paris.

Works

Excluding short papers. *1898–1934. Matériaux pour servir a l'étude des Longicornes. Cahiers 1–11, 120 pages *1902. Coleoptera Heteromera Fam. Hylophilidae. P. Wytsman (ed.), ''Genera Insectorum''. Fascicule 8. P. Wytsman, Brussels, 14 pages, 1 pl. *Parts 14. Hylophilidae (1911); 26. Scraptiidae, Pedilidae (1911); 36. Anthicidae (1911); 41. Ptinidae (1912); 48. Anobiidae (1912); 55. Bruchidae (1913); 58. Dascillidae, Helodidae, Eucinetidae (1914); 81. Rhipiceridae (1925); 87. Phloeophilidae, Rhadalidae, Prionoceridae (1926); 94. Phengodidae, Karumiidae (1927); 103. Dasytidae: Melyrinae (1929); 155. Dasytidae: Dasytinae (1937) of Schenkling S. (ed.), ''Coleopterorum Catalogus''. W. Junk, Berlin.

Periodicals

He published 3 periodicals: * L'Échange, 1885–1956, 543 issues * Mélanges Exotico-Entomologiques, 1911–1939, 71 issues * Opuscula Martialis, 1940–1944, 13 issues

References

*Constantin (R.), 1992 – ''Memorial des Coléopteristes Français''. Bull. liaison Assoc. Col. reg. parisienne, Paris (Suppl. 14) Portrait *Lhoste (J.), 1987 – ''Les entomologistes français. 1750–1950''. INRA (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique), Paris. *Pic (M.), 1942 – Mon jubilé entomologique {{DEFAULTSORT:Pic, Maurice French entomologists 1866 births 1957 deaths Coleopterists