Henri Tournier
Swiss entomologist (1834-1904)
Henri Tournier (1834 – 27 August 1904) was a Swiss entomologist. He was a dealer in Peney, Satigny. Tournier described many new species of Hymenoptera and Coleoptera.
Selected works
Coleoptera
1868 Description des Dascillides du bassin du Léman. 95 pp., 4 pls. Georg, Bale & Genève. F. Savy, Paris (Association Zoologique du Léman. Année 1867).
1874 Materiaux pour servir a la monographie de la tribu des Erirhinides de la famille des Curculionides (Coleopteres). Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique, vol.17, no.
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