01497nas a2200205   4500008004100000245007200041210006300113300001000176490000700186520089800193653002301091653002201114653001101136653003301147653001601180653002101196653001601217100001701233856004101250       2005                        eng d00aRéaumur ( 1683 – 1757 ): the discoverer of parasitoids in France0 aRéaumur 1683 1757 the discoverer of parasitoids in France  a40-480 v323 aEarly French discoveries of insect parasitoids and various aspects of their life cycle are discussed in this paper. Parasitism in insects Wrst attracted the attention of French scientists in the 18th century, despite indiVerence of the famous encyclopedists of “the Age of Enlightenment” to this group of animals. Fortunately, a distinguished scientist of many talents, R.A. Ferchault de Réaumur (1683–1757), was interested in the study of insects. His work on insects, “Mémoires pour servir à l’histoire des insectes” published in six volumes, remains his most well known opus. He was the Wrst person in France to describe an entomophagous insect (probably a Cotesia species) as well as several aspects of the biological characteristics of parasitoid life in 1736. Together with Latreille (1762– 1833), he may be considered one of the founding fathers of entomology in France10abiological control10acotesia glomerata10afrance10ahistory of insect parasitism10aHymenoptera10ainsect behaviour10aparasitoids1 aCarton, Yves  uhttp://seag-insectes.com/fr/node/221