Pierre André Latreille
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Pierre André Latreille was a French zoologist, specialising in arthropods. Having trained as a Roman Catholic priest before the French Revolution, Latreille was imprisoned, and only regained his freed
Latreille's birthplace in Brive-la-Gaillarde
Discovering Necrobia ruficollis while in prison saved Latreille's life.
Portrait of Latreille by Louis Figuier, 1875
Monument to Latreille over his grave at Père Lachaise Cemetery (39th division)
Woodlouse
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Woodlice are terrestrial isopods in the suborder Oniscidea. Their name is derived from being often found in old wood, and from louse, a parasitic insect, although woodlice are neither parasitic nor in
Pierre André Latreille
…Saint Fargeau, 1831 Work Latreille named the rough woodlouse Porcellio scaber in 1804, and also established the genus Porcellio (1804), the sub-order Oniscidea (1802), the order Isopoda (1817) and the class Malacostraca (1802). Latreille produced a significant body of scientific work, extending across several…
Whole woodlouse
Woodlice under a concrete block
Hemilepistus reaumuri lives in "the driest habitat conquered by any species of crustacean".
Ligia oceanica lives in the littoral zone.