Melchior de Lisle

Melchior de Lisle (22 February 1908-26 August 1977) was a French entomologist. He specialised in Coleoptera Lucanidae.

His life
A biography was written by Jean-Pierre Lacroix

In 1933 he marries Christiane Frommer who will hold in Paris a renowned music lounge.

He was a technician of value, an alumnus of the École polytechnique.

In Cameroon he manages works of infrastructure (bridges), on returning to Paris he is a headmaster of an engineering school. He is an excellent pianist.

Entomological works
During his stay in Cameroon, he is interested in cetonids, the customs of which he observes and he describes new forms or new subspecies.

Of return in Europe, he is fascinated by the Lucanidae. He gathers an important collection and describes numerous new taxa. His most important works are published in a Swiss zoological journal.

He also studied the Cerambycidae.

Entomological terms named after him

 * Bangalaia lislei Villiers, 1941
 * Dorcus delislei Nagai & Tsukawaki, 1999
 * Figulus delislei Benesh, 1953
 * Goniochernes lislei Vachon, 1941
 * Horridocalia delislei Endrödi, 1974
 * Ixorida venera delislei Miksic, 1972
 * Prismognathus delislei Endrödi, 1971
 * Rosenbergia lislei Rigout, 1981
 * Sclerostomus delislei Weinreich, 1961
 * Smaragdesthes delislei Paulian, 1940

List of the taxa he created
The list of the 103 taxa he created, fully referenced, is published on the web.