Pierre Bonnet (zoologist)

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Pierre Bonnet (born September 1, 1897 in Villefranche-de-Rouergue , † August 16, 1990 in Toulouse ) was a French arachnologist .

life and work

Pierre Bonnet was the son of Eugène Bonnet, a teacher, and Clotilde, daughter of Comte Jean-Baptiste de Villeneuve. He studied in Vic-en-Bigorre des Hautes-Pyrénées before he was called up for military service in January 1916 ( First World War 1914-1918). In April 1919 he was discharged from the army with the award of the Croix de guerre . After the war he resumed his studies in Montpellier and Toulouse , graduating in zoology in 1922. He was then taxidermist ( Préparateur ) at the University of Toulouse ( Université de Toulouse where he remained until his retirement in 1962 remained his entire career) as a lecturer. The title of his dissertation from 1930 was La Mue, l'Autonomie et la Régénération chez les Araignées, avec une étude des Dolomedes d'Europe. Theses présentees a la Faculté des Sciences de Toulouse pour obtenir le Grade de Docteur es Sciences Naturelles .

In 1930 he wrote a thesis to describe the phenomenon of moulting ( ecdysis ) and regeneration in arachnids , mainly using the European species of the genus Dolomedes . Bonnet published about 50 scientific papers by 1945. They were the result of very extensive observations on hundreds of specimens that he had kept and bred, sometimes for many years. He studied z. B. the life cycle of Philaeus chrysops ( Salticidae ), Latrodectus geometricus and Theridion tepidariorum (two Theridiidae ), the Physocyclus simoni ( Pholcidae ), Filistata insidiatrix ( Filistatidae ). In 1945 he published the first volume of the Bibliographia Araneorum . The last volume was published in 1961. In this he analyzes innumerable works and references on spiders before 1930. He indexes the scientific names, lists the errors and misinterpretations made by their original authors and lays down strict rules for the Synonyms on.

The International Society of Arachnology gives awards and a. the Pierre Bonnet Award for Devoted Service to the Advancement of Arachnology as an award for outstanding work in the field of arachnology.

Works

  • P. Bonnet: La Mue, l'Autonomie et la Regeneration chez les Araignees, avec une etude des Dolomedes d'Europe. Theses presentees a la Faculte des Sciences de Toulouse pour obtenir le Grade de Docteur es Sciences Naturelles. Imprimerie Toulousaine (Lion et Fils), 1930.
  • P. Bonnet: Bibliographia Araneorum. Analysis méthodique de toute la litterature aranéologique jusqu'en. Tome Les Frères Douladoure, Toulouse 1939.

Web links

literature

  • Jean-Jacques Amigo, “Bonnet (Pierre, Numa, Louis)”, 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 )

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Jean-Jacques Amigo, “Bonnet (Pierre, Numa, Louis)”, 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. ^ O. Kraus: Historic overview of past congresses of arachnology and the center international de documentation arachnologique (CIDA). In: The Journal of Arachnology. 27, 1999, pp. 3-6. (PDF) ( Memento from February 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Bonnet, Pierre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French arachnologist
DATE OF BIRTH September 1, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Villefranche-de-Rouergue
DATE OF DEATH August 16, 1990
Place of death Toulouse