Auguste Lameere

Auguste Alfred Lucien Gaston Lameere (12 June 1864[1] – 6 May 1942) was a Belgian entomologist.[2][3] He made several collecting expeditions to the Algerian Sahara region.

Auguste Lameere
In 1898
Born12 June 1864 Edit this on Wikidata
Died6 May 1942 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 77)
OccupationUniversity teacher, translator Edit this on Wikidata
Position heldrector (Free University of Brussels, 1906–1908), honorary chairperson (Royal Belgian Entomological Society) Edit this on Wikidata

He was born in Ixelles.[2] He was a professor and dean (1906–1907) of the faculty of sciences at the Université Libre de Bruxelles.[2][3] An active member of the Royal Belgian Entomological Society, he was the author of numerous articles, notably on Coleoptera and the famous Manuel de la Faune de Belgique which had a great influence on the entomologists of his country.[2]

Frog Arthroleptis lameerei, also known as Lameere's squeaker, is named after him.[3]

Works

Partial list

  • 1902. Revision des Prionides (Quatrième mémoire – Sténodontines)Annalles de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 9: 63-110.
  • 1903. Révision des Prionides (Sixième mémoire – Basitoxus). Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 47: 213-224.
  • 1912. Révision des prionides (Vingt-deuxième mémoire – Addenda et Corrigenda)Mémoires de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 21: 113-188.
  • 1913. Coleopterorum Catalogus, pars. 52, Cerambycidae. Prioninae. Berlin, W. Junk, 108 p.
  • 1919. Genera Insectorum, Coleoptera, Fam. Cerambycidae, Subfam. Prioninae.Bruxelles, P. Wytsman, v. 172, 189 p

See also
  • Category:Taxa named by Auguste Lameere

References
  1. Deligne, Jean; Engel, Michael S. (2012). "Biographical Notes for Dr. Jules Desneux (1885—1962): A Multitalented Man of Science". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 85 (3): 265–267. doi:10.2317/JKES120725.1. ISSN 0022-8567. JSTOR 23355958. S2CID 86739758.
  2. "Auguste Alfred Lucien Gaston Lameere". Who's who. Académie royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael & Grayson, Michael (2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Pelagic Publishing. p. 118. ISBN 978-1-907807-42-8.


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