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Published: 2012-01-23
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François-Louis Comte de Castelnau (1802–1880) and the mysterious disappearance of his original insect collection

J. Linsley Gressitt Center for Research in Entomology, Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, 1525 Bernice Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96817-2704, USA
Coleoptera biography Castelnau Diptera Heteroptera Pisces type material

Abstract

A brief biography of François Louis Comte de Castelnau is presented, correcting his birthdate and surname, and the ultimate fate of his original personal collection of insects and other natural history material is discussed.

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