Jules Putzeys

Jules Antoine Adolphe Henri Putzeys (1 May 1809 – 2 January 1882) was a Belgian magistrate and an entomologist who took a special interest in the beetles belonging to the family Carabidae.

He was a member of the Commission Centrale de Statistique and was government commissioner for general and international statistics from 1879.

Putzeys was also a respected amateur entomologist specializing in the study of beetles belonging to the family Carabidae.

He bequeathed his collection to the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences in Brussels.

[1] He was president of the Entomological Society of Belgium from 1874 to 1876 and published two major works, Prémices entomolgiques and Monographie de Clivina et des genres voisins.