Jean-Charles Jacobs

Jean-Charles Jacobs (1821–1907) was a Belgian doctor and entomologist, a pupil of Constantin Wesmael. He graduated in medicine from the University of Brussels, but never abandoned the study of insects, and was one of the founders of the "Société entomologique de Belgique". He concentrated on the Hymenoptera, often in collaboration with Jules Tosquinet, turning to Diptera later in life [cite journal |quotes=no |url=http://www.fusagx.be/zg/Notes%20fauniques/pdf%20zoologie/1301-1350/1331.pdf |author=Alain Pauly |title=Bibliographie des Hyménoptères de Belgique précédée de notices biographiques (1827–2000). Première partie |journal=Notes faunistique de Gembloux |volume=44 |year=2001 |pages=37–84] . Among his later studies was a report on the insects collected by the Belgian expedition to the Antarctic, including that continent's largest fully terrestrial animal, the fly "Belgica antarctica" [cite journal |quotes=no |author=J.-C. Jacobs |year=1900 |title=Diagnoses d'insectes recueillis par l'Expédition antarctique Belge. Diptera |journal=Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique |volume=44 |pages=106–107] .

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