Pierre Vincent Xambeu
Pierre Joseph Vincent Xambeu ( Catalan Pere Josep Vicenç Xambeu i Avillach , born on February 10, 1837 in Prades , Département Pyrénées-Orientales ; died there on June 9, 1917 ) was a French officer and entomologist who was particularly concerned with researching beetles and their larval stages .
Life
Pierre Vincent Xambeu was born in 1837 in the northern Catalan city of Prades as the son of Josep Xambeu and Elisabet Avillach. At the age of eighteen he enlisted in the French army, where he served until 1887, attaining the rank of captain .
As an entomologist, Xambeu mainly dealt with the metamorphosis of beetles. He also wrote a list of fauna in the area around his hometown of Ria and another for the insect fauna of the Pyrénées-Orientales department . There he discovered the scorpion Belisarius xambeui , which was described by Eugène Simon in 1879 and dedicated to Xambeu. Xambeu described several new species and was one of the most famous entomologists of his time. His extensive collection of longhorn beetles from all over the world was initially taken over into his own collection by the entomologist Maurice Pic and after his death came to the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris.
Awards
Xambeu became a Knight of the Legion of Honor in 1876 . For his Moeurs et métamorphoses des Insectes , published in numerous series from 1892 to 1915 , Xambeu was awarded the prestigious Prix Jean Dollfus by the Société entomologique de France in 1899 .
Dedication names (selection)
- Belisarius xambeui ( Simon , 1879) , a scorpion of the Pyrenees;
- Isereus xambeui ( Argod-Vallon , 1885) , a beetle of the family Leiodidae ;
- Ploiaria xambeui ( Montaxidon , 1885) , a predatory bug ;
- Tychobythinus xambeui xambeui ( Guillebeau , 1888) , a rove ;
- Arachnophaga (Para Soli Denia) xambeui ( Giard , 1900) , a wasp ;
- Eupelmus xambeui ( Giard , 1900) , a wasp ;
Publications (selection)
Xambeu has published more than 50 entomological papers, most of them as articles in entomological journals. He appeared as an author under the names Pierre Xambeu, Vincent Xambeu and Capitaine Xambeu .
- Vincent Xambeu: Moeurs et métamorphoses des Insectes . 17 volumes. Caen, Lyon, Paris et al., 1892–1915.
- Vincent Xambeu: Catalog de la faune des environs de Ria. Notes explicatives . Ria, 1901.
- Vincent Xambeu: Faune entomologique des Pyrénées-Orientales . Moulins, 1903-1908.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Eduard Vives i Noguera: Naturalistes dels Països Catalans dedicats a l'estudi dels coleòpters . In: Butlletí de la Institució Catalana d'Història Natural 2010–2011, Volume 76, pp. 47–69, Online PDF , 1.0 MB.
- ↑ a b XAMBEU Pierre-Joseph-Vincent , website of the Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques , accessed on December 25, 2017.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Xambeu, Pierre Vincent |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Xambeu i Avillach, Pere Vicenç (Catalan name); Xambeu, Pierre Joseph Vincent (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French officer and entomologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 10, 1837 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prades , Pyrénées-Orientales department |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 9, 1917 |
| Place of death | Prades , Pyrénées-Orientales department |