Melchior de Lisle
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Melchior de Lisle (22 February 1908 – 26 August 1977) was a French entomologist. He specialised in Coleoptera Lucanidae.
A biography was written by Jean-Pierre Lacroix.[1]
In 1933 he married Christiane Frommer who operated a music lounge in Paris.[2]
He was an alumnus of the École polytechnique.
In Cameroon he managed works of infrastructure (bridges),[3] 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.[4][5]
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.[6]
He also studied the Cerambycidae.[7]