Octave Parent, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Octave Parent

French entomologist (1882–1942)

Date of Birth: 15-Jun-1882

Place of Birth: Trescault, Hauts-de-France, France

Date of Death: 09-Feb-1942

Profession: entomologist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Abbé Octave Parent, (15 June 1882 in Trescault – 9 February 1942 in Ambleteuse) was a French entomologist who specialized in Diptera, mostly the family Dolichopodidae.
He became director of the Biological Station, Ambleteuse.He published three papers, dated 1934, 1937 and 1940, concerning twenty-six new species of Hawaiian Campsicnemus.
Details from the 1937 paper were returned to the Hawaiian Entomological Society.
The species Sigmatineurum parenti, found in Hawaii, is named in memory of Parent, "in honor of his foundational work with Hawaiian dolichopodids and for describing the genus Sigmatineurum".