Jean-Antoine Rioux
Jean-Antoine Rioux (1925-2017) was a French parasitologist, mainly a specialist of leishmaniasis. He was a professor at the University of Montpellier, France, and one of the founders of the Société Française de Parasitologie in 1962. Scientific career. Jean-Antoine Rioux worked on several parasitological diseases, including malaria, plague, schistosomiasis, and leishmaniasis. He led teams in the field in France (Camargue, Languedoc, Roussillon, Cévennes, Corsica), and various countries including Iran, Chad, Tunisia, and Morocco. Jean-Antoine Rioux was also a botanist and the Director of the jardin des plantes de Montpellier, a historic botanical garden and  arboretum located in Montpellier, France. Taxa named in his honour. Many taxa were named in the honour of Jean-Antoine Rioux by his colleagues. The list of species includes: "Adelina riouxi" (Coccidia, Adeleidae), "Amphinomia riouxii" (Rosales, Leguminosae), "Culicoides riouxi" (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae), "Empidomermis riouxi" (Nematoda, Mermithidae), "Hystrichopsylla talpae riouxi" (Siphonaptera, Hystrichopsyllidae), "Longicollum riouxi" (Acanthocephala, Pomphorhynchidae), "Phlebotomus (Paraphlebotomus) riouxi" (Diptera, Psychodidae), "Pseudorhabdosynochus riouxi" (Monogenea, Diplectanidae). The genus "Riouxgolvania" (Nematoda, Muspiceidae) honours both Jean-Antoine Rioux and Yves-Jean Golvan, two French parasitologists. The subgenus "Riouxomyia" has been created for sandflies (Diptera, Phlebotominae). Scientific collection. Jean-Antoine Rioux collected un impressive number of  specimens, mainly phlebotomes, during his career. His collection includes more than 130,000 specimens coming from 10 countries: France, Italy, Spain, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Yemen, Syria, Sudan,and Republic of Congo. The collection is now curated by the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne in France. Selected publications. The most cited paper by Jean-Antoine Rioux is his classification of "Leishmania" in 1990.