Melchior de Lisle

Melchior de Lisle (1908-16 August 1977) was a French entomologist. He specialised in Coleoptera Lucanidae.

His life

A biography was written by Jean-Pierre Lacroix^[1]

In 1933 he marries Christiane Frommer who will hold in Paris a renowned music lounge.^[2]

He was a technician of value, an alumnus of the École polytechnique.

In Cameroon he manages works of infrastructure (bridges)^[3], on returning to Paris he is a headmaster of an engineering school. He is an excellent pianist. ^[4]

Entomological works

During his stay in Cameroon, he is interested in cetonids, the customs of which he observes and he describes new forms or new subspecies. ^{[5] [6]}

Of return in Europe, he is fascinated by the Lucanidae. He gathers an important collection and describes numerous new taxa. His most important works are published in a Swiss zoological journal. ^[7]

He also studied the Cerambycidae.^[8]

Entomological terms named after him

• Bangalaia lislei Villiers, 1941
• Dorcus delislei Nagai & Tsukawaki, 1999
• Figulus delislei Benesh, 1953
• Goniochernes lislei Vachon, 1941
• Horridocalia delislei Endrödi, 1974
• Ixorida venera delislei Miksic, 1972
• Prismognathus delislei Endrödi, 1971
• Rosenbergia lislei Rigout, 1981
• Sclerostomus delislei Weinreich, 1961
• Smaragdesthes delislei Paulian, 1940

List of the taxa he created

The list of the 103 taxa he created, fully referenced, is published on the web.^[9]

References

1. ^ Lacroix (J.-P.), 1980. In Memoriam. Melchior de Lisle. 1908-1977, Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie, 10, pp. 123-127
2. ^ Le Panthéon des musiciens. Christiane de Lisle
3. ^ Lisle (M. de), 1955. Le pont sur le Wouri, à Douala (Cameroun), La Technique des Travaux, 31, pp. 307-320
4. ^ [Lisle (Chr. & M. de), 1974. L'art de jouer Mozart au piano, Buchet-Chastel, 381 pages
5. ^ Lisle (M. de), 1947. Les Cétoines du Cameroun, Bulletin de la Société des Société d'Études camerounaises, 12, pp. 73-102
6. ^ Lisle (M. de), 1947. Notes complémentaires sur les Cétoines du Cameroun, Bulletin de la Société d'Études camerounaises, 19-20, pp. 7-54
7. ^ Lisle (M. de), 1967-1977. Notes (1-4) sur quelques Lucanidae nouveaux ou peu connus, Revue Suisse de Zoologie, volumes 74, 77, 80 & 84
8. ^ Lisle (M. de), 1955. Description d'un Lamaire nouveau du Cameroun, Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France, 60, pp. 85-86
9. ^ List of the taxa described by Melchior de Lisle

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Name	de Lisle, Melchior
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1908
Place of birth
Date of death	1977
Place of death	Paris