Pierre Hippolyte Lucas (1814-1899)
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Lucas, Pierre Hippolyte (1814-1899). French invertebrate zoologist, born in the Jardin des Plants in Paris; began working in the museum at age 13; later, obtained the "Chaire d'Entomologie" at the museum; worked on arachnids and various insects.
ANT TAXONOMY
PUBLICATIONS
Lucas, H. 1849. Exploration scientifique de l'Algérie pendant les années 1840, 1841, 1842. Sciences physiques. Zoologie. III. Histoire naturelle des animaux articulés. Troisième partie - Insectes (Suite). Paris: A. Bertrand, 527 pp.
Lucas, H. 1856. [Untitled. Introduced by "M. H. Lucas fait connaître la note suivante."]. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. (Bull.) (3)4:xix-xxi
REFERENCE
Evenhuis, N.L. 1997. Litteratura Taxonomica Dipterorum (1758-1930).2: 498-501, portrait.
Bolton B, Alpert G, Ward PS, Naskrecki P. 2007. [CD-ROM] Bolton's Catalogue of the Ants of the World. Harvard University Press.