Jorge Narciso Artigas Coch (Santiago March 21, 1929 – December 13, 2022) was a Chilean entomologist and academic of the University of Concepción.[1] Artigas graduated as an agricultural engineer from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.[1] As the university of Concepción had by early 1950s created the Faculty of Agriculture in 1954 Artigas was contracted to impart the course "Agricultural Zoology".[1] In 1967 Artigas obtained a PhD at Ohio State University.[1][2] In the university of Concepción he was director of the Department of Zoology from 1970 to 2009, and played an important role in consolidating the university's Zoology Museum.[1][2] In the 1970s he formally described various insect genera, and he continued this work in the late 1980s and 1990s in collaboration with Nelson Papavero.[3] Artigas is also known for developing a staining method for protozoa.[3] He was a member of a number of scientific societies both in Chile and abroad.[1]
Besides his academic work, Artigas enjoyed painting, horse riding and writing poetry which he did under a pseudonym.[1]