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Pierre André Latreille (* 29. November 1762 in Brive-la-Gaillarde; † 6. Februar 1833 in Paris) war ein französischer Insektenkundler . Inhaltsverzeichnis. 1 Leben. 2 Nach Latreille benannte Taxa. 3 Schriften. 4 Literatur. 5 Weblinks. 6 Einzelnachweise. Leben.
Pierre André Latreille (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ ɑ̃dʁe latʁɛj]; 29 November 1762 – 6 February 1833) was a French zoologist, specialising in arthropods.
Pierre-André Latreille (né le 20 novembre 1762 à Brive-la-Gaillarde et mort le 6 février 1833 à Paris) est un entomologiste français. Il publie son premier ouvrage important en 1796 (Précis des caractères génériques des insectes) et travaille au Muséum national d'histoire naturelle.
Pierre-André Latreille (born Nov. 29, 1762, Brive-la-Gaillarde, France—died Feb. 6, 1833, Paris) was a French zoologist and Roman Catholic priest, often considered to be the father of modern entomology. He was responsible for the first detailed classification of crustaceans and insects.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Pierre André Latreille 1762-1833. Grave of Latreille at the Cimitiere du Pere. Lachaise in the eastern part of Paris. Latreille’s education was partly provincial and partly aristocratic, which led him to become a priest although he really preferred entomology.
PIERRE ANDRÉ LATREILLE, the brilliant French naturalist, who devoted himself to the study of entomology and made considerable additions to our knowledge of that branch of natural science,...
Latreille is remembered primarily as a taxonomist, though he made important contributions in other areas. He introduced new methodologies and examined an enormous number of taxa. He believed in basing taxonomic groupings on the natural order: assembling species into genera, then into families, etc. Indeed, he was most interested in establishing ...
