Octave Parent

Abbé Octave Parent (15 June 1882, in Trescault – 9 February 1942, in Ambleteuse) was a French entomologist who specialized in Diptera, mostly the family Dolichopodidae.[1] He became director of the Biological Station, Ambleteuse.[2]

He published three papers, dated 1934, 1937 and 1940, concerning twenty-six new species of Hawaiian Campsicnemus. The type specimens of all the species described in the 1937 paper were deposited in the collection of the Hawaiian Entomological Society.[3] The species Sigmatineurum parenti, found in Hawaii, is named in memory of Parent, "in honor of his foundational work with Hawaiian dolichopodids and for describing the genus Sigmatineurum".[4]

  1. ^ Schubert, Editha. "Biographies of the Entomologists of the World". Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Aus der entomologischen Welt" (PDF). Arb. Morphol. Taxon. Ent. Berlin-Dahlem. 9 (2): 134. 1942. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  3. ^ Neal L. Evenhuis (2007). "Lectotype designations for Hawaiian Campsicnemus Haliday (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Bishop Museum Occasional Papers. Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2006. 95: 17–37.
  4. ^ Neal L. Evenhuis (1997). "The genus Sigmatineurum Parent in Hawaii (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with a revised key to species" (PDF). Bishop Museum Occasional Papers. Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1996. 48: 69. Retrieved 30 August 2016.