Maximilien Chaudoir

Maximilen Chaudoir, or Maximilien, baron de Chaudoir, (12 September 1816 , Ivnitza, near Zhitomir - 6 May 1881 , Amélie-les-Bains) was a Russian entomologist. He was a specialist in Coleoptera and in particular the Carabidae. His Cicindelidae are conserved by the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. His Carabidae were acquired by Charles Oberthür (1845-1924) then given to the same museum. He wrote Mémoire sur la famille des Carabiques 6 volumes commencing 1848.

References

• Anthony Musgrave (1932). Bibliography of Australian Entomology, 1775-1930, with biographical notes on authors and collectors, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales (Sydney) : viii + 380.