Gaston Ruter Explained

Gaston Ruter (2 November 1898 – 2 November 1979) was a French entomologist.[1] He studied the Coleoptera Cetoniidae.

Life

A short notice was published by Paulian & Decarpentries[2]

An amateur entomologist, he was always interested in the Coleoptera fauna of France, of which he had a large collection, especially microcoleoptera, for which he accurately prepared the tiny genitalia.

He first studied the Curculionidae of the genus Bagous. Then, with the help of Bourgoin, his research became focused on the study of exotic Cetonids.

His collection is housed at the National Museum of Natural History in Paris.

Works

The list of his publications was given later by Menier.[3]

There is one work missing.[4]

In fact he published relatively little compared to all of his discoveries. A number of taxa remained in litteris.

His descriptions were always very detailed, along with many figures and references.

Reward

He was elected president of the Société entomologique de France in 1956.

Taxa

A list of 74 of the taxa he described, fully referenced, is given elsewhere [5]

Entomological terms named after him

References

  1. Jean-Jacques Amigo, « Ruter (Gaston) », in Nouveau Dictionnaire de biographies roussillonnaises, vol. 3 Sciences de la Vie et de la Terre, Perpignan, Publications de l'olivier, 2017, 915 p.
  2. Paulian (P.) & Descarpentries (A.), 1979. Gaston Ruter (2 Novembre 1898-2 Novembre 1979), Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France, 84, pp. 282-283
  3. Menier (J.-J.), 1980. Gaston Ruter (1898-1979). Liste chronologique de ses publications, Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, (N.S.), 16, pp. 3-8
  4. Ruter (G.), 1971. Mission entomologique du Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale aux Monts Uluguru, Tanzanie, 23, Coleoptera Cetoniidae, Revue de Zoologie et de botanique africaine, 91, pp. 1-8
  5. http://www.plumeria.demon.co.uk/taxaRuter.html List of the taxa described by Gaston Ruter