Jean-Pierre Lacroix Jean-Pierre Lacroix (1938–1989) was a French entomologist. He was the best specialist on Lucanidae. He publishes many works always with very nice and accurate figures he drew himself. Book The Beetles of the World, Odontolabini 1 (Lucanidae) Works The complete list of his publications was written by Hugues E. Bomans. Some of his last works include: 1982 - Notes sur quelques Coleoptera Lucanidae nouveaux ou peu connus, Miscellanea Entomologica, 49, pp. 13–30. 1983 - Descriptions de Coleoptera Lucanidae nouveaux ou peu connus (2ème note) (in collaboration with P. Ratti and G. Taroni), Bulletin de la Société Sciences Nat, 38, pp. 2–8. 1983 - Descriptions de Coleoptera Lucanidae nouveaux ou peu connus (3ème note), Bulletin de la Société Sciences Nat, 40, pp. 5–19. 1987 - Descriptions de Coleoptera Lucanidae nouveaux ou peu connus (4ème note), Bulletin de la Société Sciences Nat, 56, pp. 11–13, 1 col. plate. 1988 - Descriptions de Coleoptera Lucanidae nouveaux ou peu connus (5ème note), Bulletin de la Société Sciences Nat, 57, pp. 7–12. 1989 - Descriptions de Coleoptera Lucanidae nouveaux ou peu connus (6ème note), Bulletin de la Société Sciences Nat, 59, pp. 5–7, 1 col. plate. 1990 - Descriptions de Coleoptera Lucanidae nouveaux ou peu connus (7ème note), Bulletin de la Société Sciences Nat, 65, pp. 11–14, 1 col. plate. 1991 - Descriptions de Coleoptera Lucanidae nouveaux ou peu connus (8ème note), Bulletin de la Société Sciences Nat, 69, pp. 25–26. Entomological terms named after him Aegus platypodon lacroixi Bomans, 1993 Cyclommatus lacroixi Weinreich, 1971 Ditomoderus lacroixi Bomans, 1973 Homoderinus lacroixi Bomans, 1969 Lissotes lacroixi Bomans, 1986 Prosopocoilus lacroixi Bomans, 1970 List of the taxa he created The list of 95 new names which he created is published on the web. Among them are several new species of Cyclommatus which were never the object of a publication. In fact the author prepared a revision of the genus to appear in a volume of the series of The Beetles of the World, almost totality of photos had been realized by Guy Bouloux. A heart attack at the age of 51 ended this project. Another work in preparation was a fauna of the Stag beetles of the island of Sumatra, thanks to the numerous sendings of specimens captured on the spot by Dr Eduard W . Diehl. References Category:French entomologists Category:Coleopterists Category:1938 births Category:1989 deaths Category:20th-century French scientists Category:20th-century zoologists