Jean Pérez (entomologist)

Jean Pérez (4 December 1833 – 31 September 1914) was a professor of zoology at the faculty of science in the University of Bordeaux.

Pérez was born in Tarbes and joined the University of Bordeaux in 1852 becoming a professor of zoology on 27 September 1867.

He worked on anatomy and physiology, studying regeneration in cephalopods, reproduction in bees and an examination of the theory of Dzierzon, and segmentation in molluscs.

He credited Johann Stahala of Dolein, Olmutz with identifying bee communication through varying sounds.

He described several new bee species including those from collections made in the Americas by Carlos Emilio Porter (1867‒1942) and Léon Diguet (1859‒1926).