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Alphonse Hustache

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Alphonse Hustache
Born(1872-04-14)14 April 1872
Vic-le-Fesq, France
Died2 March 1949(1949-03-02) (aged 76)
Academic work
Disciplineentomology
Main interests
Curculionidae
Notable works
Curculionidae Gallo-Rhénans

Alphonse Hustache (14 April 1872 – 2 March 1949) was a French entomologist.[1][2]

He was one of the best known specialists on Curculionidae.

Works

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He wrote many articles in many journals such as l'Échange, Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France, Miscellanea Entomologica, and many others including north African and South American ones.

Books

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  • 1932 - Curculionidae Gallo-Rhénans, 1189 pages, published in 8 parts in the Annales de la société entomologique de France from 1923 to 1932
  • 1924 - Synopsis des Curculionides de Madagascar, 524 pages
  • 1925 - Tableaux analytiques des Coléoptères de la Faune Franco-Rhénane. Curculionidae Ceuthorrhynchini - 314 pages, as a supplement of Miscellanea Entomologica from 1920 to 1925.
  • 1931 - Tableaux analytiques des Coléoptères de la Faune Franco-Rhénane. Curculionidae Apioninae, 286 pages, as a supplement of Miscellanea Entomologica.
  • 1934, 1936 & 1938 - He wrote parts 136, 151 and 163 of the Coleopterorum Catalogus, the Sigmund Schenkling's work of his life.

References

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  1. Jean-Jacques Amigo, « Hustache (Alphonse-Adrien) », in Nouveau Dictionnaire de biographies roussillonnaises, vol. 3 Sciences de la Vie et de la Terre, Perpignan, Publications de l'olivier, 2017, 915 p. (ISBN 9782908866506)
  2. Maldes & Péricart: 1979. Pour un trentenaire rétrospective sur la biographie et l'œuvre entomologique d'Alphonse Hustache, Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, tome 15, pp. 194-208]