Pierre Andre Latreille

InsectView

English - July 03, 2023 18:00 - 21 minutes - 14.9 MB
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Pierre Andre Latreille, a French entomologist who lived from 1762-1833, is probably best known for having his life saved by a beetle. However there's a lot more to his story, and he went on to make a number of sigificant contributions to the field of entomology ( all thanks to the beetle ). Learn all about this lesser known but important entomologist on this new episode of Insectview.

https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/pdf/10.1146/annurev.en.19.010174.000245
https://www.amusingplanet.com/2020/09/pierre-andre-latreille-entomologist-who.html