Roger-Paul Dechambre

Roger-Paul Dechambre (1935 – 8 November 2016) was a French veterinarian and entomologist .

Career
Dechambre attended lhe École nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort, in 1960 gaining a doctorate on the thesis Aspects Primitifs De L’Elevage Du Mouton . He continued his studies at the Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie at Paris, gaining in 1970 a doctorate on the thesis Effet de groupe et évolution des tumeurs ascitiques chez la souris .

Roger-Paul Dechambre was the curator at the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris à Paris. He produced substantial work on the beetle family Dynastinae.

Publications (extract)
Most of Dechambre's publications are on the subfamily Dynastinae.



Described species

 * Golofa globulicornis (1975)
 * Golofa obliquicornis (1975)
 * Golofa spatha (1989)
 * Hemicyrthus chazeaui (1982)


 * Hemicyrthus costatus (1982)
 * Hemicyrthus elongatus (1982)
 * Hemicyrthus gutierrezi (1982)
 * Paroryctoderus cornutus (1994)