Roger Naviaux (1926 – 26 March 2016)[1] was a French entomologist[verification needed] known for his work on beetles.

Roger Naviaux
Born(1926-05-07)7 May 1926
Died26 March 2016(2016-03-26) (aged 90)
Domérat, France

He described numerous species of beetle. Neocollyris naviauxi,[2][verification needed] and Paraphysodeutera naviauxi,[3][verification needed] both in the family Carabidae, are named after him.

Publications

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  • Naviaux, Roger (1981). Les Cicindeles de Thailande: etude faunistique (Col. Carabidae) (in French). Lyon: Societe linnéenne de Lyon.
  • Naviaux, R. (1994). Les Collyris (Coleoptera Cicindelidae). Complement a la 'Revision du genre Collyris (sensu lato)' et description de nouveaux taxons (in French). Lyon: Societe linnéenne de Lyon.
  • Naviaux, Roger (1995). Les Collyris (Coleoptera Cicindelidae). Revision des Genres et Description de nouveaux Taxons (in French). Lyon: Societe linnéenne de Lyon. ISBN 978-2950551450.
  • Naviaux, Roger; Pintratana, A. (2004). The Tiger Beetles of Thailand (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae). Thailand: St. Gabriel. ISBN 978-9749226636.
  • Naviaux, Roger (2001). Tant que voleront les cicindèles. Bellier Eds. ISBN 2846310270.

References

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  1. ^ Colas, Georges. "In memoriam. Roger Naviaux (1926–2016)". Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France (in French). 121 (2): 213–216.
  2. ^ Sawada & Weisner, 2003.
  3. ^ J. Moravec, 2002.