Jacques-Marie-Frangile Bigot

Jacques Marie Frangile Bigot (1818 - 1893) was a French naturalist and entomologist most noted for his studies of Diptera. Born in Paris, where he lived all his life, though he had a small house in Petit-Quincy, Seine-et-Oise.He became a member of the Entomological Society of France in 1844. His first paper was published in its Annals in 1845, as was most of his later work. Bigot was a prolific author and like Francis Walker his work was the subject of much later criticism. Bigot's collection of exotic (extra-European) Tabanidae and Syrphidae was purchased by George Henry Verrall who gave it to the Natural History Museum, London. The exotic Asilidae and all his European Diptera were presented to the Hope Department of Entomology ,Oxford University. The Coleoptera and Hemiptera were presented to the Société Entomologique de France , Paris, by A. P. Mauppin in 1899.

elected works

*1845?- 18-- "Diptères nouveaux ou peu connus."Ann Soc.Ent.Fr.
*1858 "Diptères de Madagascar"
*1888 "Enumération des Diptères recueillis en Tunisie"
*1892 "Voyage de Alluaud dans le territoire d'Assinie (Afrique occidentale) en 1886 :Diptères "

A complete list of Bigot's works is given by Evenhuis, N.L. 2003. The complete bibliography of scientific works of Jacques-Marie-Frangille Bigot. "Zootaxa" 210: 1-36.