Loïc Matile
Encyclopedia
Loïc Matile was a French
entomologist who specialised in Diptera
(Bolitophilidae, Diadocidiidae, Keroplatidae, Lygistorrhinidae, Mycetophilidae).
Matile worked at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle
where he held the Chair of Entomology for a brief period before his death.
France
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entomologist who specialised in Diptera
Diptera
Diptera , or true flies, is the order of insects possessing only a single pair of wings on the mesothorax; the metathorax bears a pair of drumstick like structures called the halteres, the remnants of the hind wings. It is a large order, containing an estimated 240,000 species, although under half...
(Bolitophilidae, Diadocidiidae, Keroplatidae, Lygistorrhinidae, Mycetophilidae).
Matile worked at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle
Muséum national d'histoire naturelle
The Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle is the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, France.- History :The museum was formally founded on 10 June 1793, during the French Revolution...
where he held the Chair of Entomology for a brief period before his death.
Works
(Selected)- with W.A. Steffan & R.J. Gagné Families Mycetophilidae, Sciaridae and Cecidomyiidae. In Evenhuis, N.L. (ed.), Catalog of the Diptera of Australasia and Oceania. Bishop Museum Special Publication 86.(1989).
- Recherches sur la Systematique et l'Evolution des Keroplatidae (Diptera, Mycetophiloide). Memoires Du Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle 148 (1990)
- Diptères d'Europe Occidentale Tomes 1 and 2 Atlas d'Entomologie.Editions N. Boubée.Paris (2000).