Melchior de Lisle

Melchior de Lisle (22 February 1908 – 26 August 1977) was a French entomologist. He specialised in Coleoptera Lucanidae.

His life A biography was written by Jean-Pierre Lacroix.

In 1933 he married Christiane Frommer who operated a music lounge in Paris.

He was an alumnus of the École polytechnique.

In Cameroon he managed works of infrastructure (bridges), and on returning to Paris he became a headmaster of an engineering school.

Entomological works During his stay in Cameroon, he was interested in cetonids and described new species, subspecies, and observed behavior.

Upon his return to Europe, he was fascinated by the Lucanidae. He gathered a significant collection and described numerous new taxa. His most important works are published in a Swiss zoological journal.

He also studied the Cerambycidae.

Entomological terms named after him Bangalaia lislei Villiers, 1941 Dorcus delislei Nagai & Tsukawaki, 1999 Figulus delislei Benesh, 1953 Goniochernes lislei Vachon, 1941 Horridocalia delislei Endrödi, 1974 Ixorida venera delislei Miksic, 1972 Prismognathus delislei Endrödi, 1971 Rosenbergia lislei Rigout, 1981 Sclerostomus delislei Weinreich, 1961 Smaragdesthes delislei Paulian, 1940

List of the taxa he created The list of the 103 taxa he created, fully referenced, is published on the web.