Eugène Séguy

Eugène Séguy (21 April 1890 – 1 June 1985) was a French entomologist and artist who specialised in Diptera. He held a chair of entomology at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris from 1956 to 1960. He is also known for establishing the Diptera section at that museum. This entomologist is often confused with a French artist with a similar name: Émile-Allain Séguy:fr:Émile-Allain Séguy (1877–1951). The latter is known for his pochoir artworks representing plants.

Biography Eugène Séguy was born in Paris in 1890. Séguy joined the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in 1919. Over the course of his career, he published over 600 scientific works, focusing primarily on the taxonomy and biology of flies. He was also a skilled scientific illustrator, known for his ability to combine aesthetic quality with anatomical precision in his plates.

Work

(Collection of biological and systematic studies on Diptera of the World). 11 vols. Text figs. Part of , Serie B II: Diptera. (1924–1953). Faune de France. : Ptychopteridae à Phlebotominae 109 p.,179 figs (1925). . . Stratiomyidae to Omphralidae 308 p.,685 figs (1926). . . Asilidae 308 p.,685 figs 190 p.,384 figs (1927). [Marzo-Luglio 1931]. . Ann. Mus. civ. Stor. nat. Genova 55[1930–1931]: 490–511, figures 1–3 (1932). . Voyage de M.M. Lesne [1928–1929] 13e note. Diptères [2e partie]. Mems. Estud. Mus. zool. Univ. Coimbra 67: 5–80 (1933). . Rev. Soc. ent. Argent. 6: 9–16, 3 figures (1934). Séguy, E. . ; Ed.: Jeannel. Mus. Natn. Hist. nat. 8: 319–380 (1938). Séguy, E., 1938 ; Delagrave. . 684 p.,957 fig (1944). . pp. 609. 7 col + 3 b/w plates, 225 text figs. (1950). . Editions P. Lechevalier, Paris (FR)(1967).