Constant Vincent Houlbert Explained

Constant Vincent Houlbert (18 July 1857 in Voutré en Mayenne  - 22 December 1947 in Rennes) was a French entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera and Coleoptera.

He was a conservator at the Museum in Rennes and later Professor in the School of Medicine and Pharmacy at the University of Rennes. He wrote with René Oberthür Lucanides de Java. Insecta; revue illustree d’Entomologie, Rennes (1912–1914), Tableaux génériques illustrés des Coléoptères de France.Rennes (1912), various parts of Faune entomologique armoricaine with Eugène Monnot and many other works.

References

• Constantin, R. 1992 Memorial des Coléopteristes Français. Bull. liaison Assoc. Col. reg. parisienne, Paris (Suppl. 14).
• Lhoste, J. 1987 Les entomologistes français. 1750 - 1950. INRA (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique), Paris.
• Oberthür, C. 1916 [Houlbert, C. V.] Études Lép. Comp.
• Gaedecke, R. and Groll, E. K. (Hrsg.): Biografien der Entomologen der Welt : Datenbank. Version 4.15 : Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut, 2010 http://www.sdei.de/biographies/
• Des Abbayes, H. 1947: [Houlbert, C. V.] Bull. Soc. Bretagne 12 (1/4)3-6
• Jolivet 1948: [Houlbert, C. V.] Misc. Entomol., Narbonne 45 (10