Bruno Condé (5 March 1920 – 11 February 2004) was a French speleologist and zoologist. He was born in Nancy, where he also died.
Biography
He was the son of Marguerite Baudot and Georges Condé, a painter. He studied in Nancy and, in 1943, began his career as a botanical laboratory preparator at the Faculty of Sciences of Nancy. Two years later, he became an assistant to the chair of zoology held by Paul Remy (1894–1962). He was appointed head of practical work in 1948 and, four years later, defended his thesis in natural sciences, Matériaux pour une monographie des Diploures Campodéidés. In it, he described, among other things, a new genus and two new species.
He became deputy director of the zoological museum in 1955 and director in 1960; he became a university professor in 1962.
In November 1961, he was the founding president of the Union spéléologique autonome de Nancy, a speleology club whose orientation was then firmly scientific. He was a full member of the Académie lorraine des sciences, remaining a member for 58 years. In 1972, he became an associate corresponding member of the Académie de Stanislas and received the Academy's 1976 Grand Prize for the creation of the tropical aquarium of Nancy.
He retired in 1989.
Scientific work
Condé studied in particular the morphology, development, ecology, and biogeography of diplurans of the family Campodeidae, for which he established a phylogenetic classification comprising the Campodeinae, Hemicampinae, and Lepidocampinae. Condé studied cave-dwelling species and, in particular, the anatomy of Protura, very small and difficult-to-collect insects, for which he proposed a new classification. He also studied millipedes of the order Penicillata, investigating their postembryonic development, morphology, geographic distribution, and biogeography. Finally, among other groups of invertebrates, he studied Palpigradi, for which he also proposed a classification based on a new anatomical study.
In the 1960s, in connection with the research of Paul Schauenberg, he studied the biology of the European wildcat (Felis silvestris), becoming one of its principal specialists. In order to observe its behaviour, he maintained captive populations both in his laboratory and at his home on Rue de la Ravinelle (where they were allowed to roam freely), and at his parents' property at La Poste de Velaine (where they were kept in cages). His research contributed to the species' legal reclassification as a "protected" species in 1979, having previously been classified as "nuisible" (harmful).
Also an aquarist, Condé founded an aquarium society in Nancy in 1963 with other enthusiasts. The association gradually expanded until it became the Nancy Tropical Aquarium, which opened in 1971. He also founded the Revue française d'aquariologie et d'herpétologie, which disseminated scientific observations made at the aquarium.
Bruno Condé was the author of 320 publications.
He was a correspondent of the natural history museums of Paris, Washington, Geneva, and London. He was sponsored for membership of the Société zoologique de France in 1946 by Paul Remy and Jean Bourgogne (1903–1999), and later served as its president. A member of the Société zoologique de France for 58 years, Condé served on its board of directors from 1983 to 2000 and was president from 1992 to 1994.
Taxa described
Bruno Condé described the following 167 species:
Acerella remyi Condé, 1944 Acerentomon brevisetosum Condé, 1945 Acerentomon giganteum Condé, 1944 Acerentulus catalanus Condé, 1951 Acerentulus cunhai Condé, 1950 Acerentulus exiguus Condé, 1944 Acerentulus gisini Condé, 1952 Acerentulus insignis Condé, 1945 Alloproctoides remyi Marquet & Condé, 1950 Aprosthema hyalinopterum Condé, 1934 Berberentulus berberus Condé, 1948 Campodea (Campodea) augens chardardi Condé, 1947 Campodea (Campodea) blandinae Condé, 1948 Campodea (Campodea) blandinae blandinae Condé, 1948 Campodea (Campodea) blandinae ichnusa Condé, 1957 Campodea (Campodea) blandinae virgolae Condé, 1948 Campodea (Campodea) chardardi Condé, 1947 Campodea (Campodea) chardardi cephalonica Condé, 1984 Campodea (Campodea) chardardi chardardi Condé, 1947 Campodea (Campodea) cyrnea Condé, 1946 Campodea (Campodea) cyrnea alethae Condé, 1946 Campodea (Campodea) cyrnea cyrnea Condé, 1946 Campodea (Campodea) egena Condé, 1951 Campodea (Campodea) epirotica Condé, 1984 Campodea (Campodea) frascajensis Condé, 1946 Campodea (Campodea) machadoi Condé, 1951 Campodea (Campodea) majorica Condé, 1954 Campodea (Campodea) majorica interjecta Condé, 1954 Campodea (Campodea) majorica majorica Condé, 1954 Campodea (Campodea) majorica sicula Condé, 1957 Campodea (Campodea) monspessulana Condé, 1953 Campodea (Campodea) oredonensis Condé, 1951 Campodea (Campodea) patrizii Condé, 1953 Campodea (Campodea) procera Condé, 1948 Campodea (Campodea) pseudofragilis Condé, 1984 Campodea (Campodea) pusilla Condé, 1956 Campodea (Dicampa) insulana Condé, 1953 Campodea (Dicampa) jolyi Condé, 1948 Campodea (Dicampa) neuherzi Condé, 1996 Campodea (Dicampa) sprovierii vardousiae Condé, 1984 Campodea (Monocampa) denisi aequalis Condé, 1947 Campodea (Monocampa) emeryi algira Condé, 1948 Campodea (Monocampa) emeryi spelaea Condé, 1978 Campodea (Monocampa) goursati Condé, 1950 Campodea (Monocampa) hauseri Condé, 1978 Campodea (Paurocampa) corsica Condé, 1947 Campodea (Paurocampa) pachychaeta Condé, 1946 Campodea (Paurocampa) pretneri Condé, 1974 Campodea (Paurocampa) ruseki Condé, 1966 Cestocampa balcanica Condé, 1955 Eosentomon carolae Condé, 1947 Eosentomon coiffaiti Condé, 1961 Eosentomon denisi Condé, 1947 Eosentomon mixtum Condé, 1945 Eukoenenia austriaca peregrina Condé, 1990 Eukoenenia bonadonai Condé, 1979 Eukoenenia bouilloni Condé, 1980 Eukoenenia brignolii Condé, 1979 Eukoenenia christiani Condé, 1988 Eukoenenia deleta Condé, 1992 Eukoenenia draco zariquieyi Condé, 1951 Eukoenenia gasparoi Condé, 1988 Eukoenenia grafittii Condé & Heurtault, 1993 Eukoenenia improvisa Condé, 1979 Eukoenenia janetscheki Condé, 1993 Eukoenenia juberthiei Condé, 1974 Eukoenenia juberthiei cytheriaca Condé, 1979 Eukoenenia juberthiei hellenica Condé, 1979 Eukoenenia kenyana Condé, 1979 Eukoenenia lienhardi Condé, 1989 Eukoenenia lyrifer Condé, 1992 Eukoenenia madeirae Strinati & Condé, 1995 Eukoenenia maros Condé, 1992 Eukoenenia naxos Condé, 1990 Eukoenenia orghidani Condé & Juberthie, 1981 Eukoenenia patrizii Condé, 1956 Eukoenenia pauli Condé, 1979 Eukoenenia paulinae Condé, 1994 Eukoenenia pretneri Condé, 1977 Eukoenenia pyrenaella Condé, 1990 Eukoenenia remyi Condé, 1974 Eukoenenia singhi Condé, 1989 Eukoenenia spelaea hauseri Condé, 1974 Eukoenenia spelaea strouhali Condé, 1972 Eukoenenia strinatii Condé, 1977 Eukoenenia thais Condé, 1988 Eukoenenia zariquieyi Condé, 1951 Eutrichocampa (Chaocampa) collina ithacesia Condé, 1984 Eutrichocampa (Eutrichocampa) thamugadensis Condé, 1948 Eutrichocampa (Idiocampa) remyi Condé, 1947 Gracilentulus meridianus Condé, 1945 Helladocampa mahnerti Condé, 1984 Heptamelus (Pseudoheptamelus) runari Condé, 1932 Hystrichocampa pelletieri Condé, 1948 Isoentomon atlanticum Condé, 1947 Koeneniodes berndi Condé, 1988 Koeneniodes deharvengi Condé, 1981 Koeneniodes leclerci Condé, 1981 Leptokoenenia gerlachi Condé, 1965 Litocampa bourgoini Condé, 1948 Litocampa cognata Condé, 1948 Litocampa coiffaiti Condé, 1948 Litocampa drescoi Condé, 1949 Litocampa espanoli Condé, 1949 Litocampa henryi Condé, 1991 Litocampa hubarti comani Condé, 1991 Litocampa humilis Condé, 1948 Litocampa paclti Condé, 1981 Litocampa tuzetae Condé, 1948 Lophoproctus pagesi Condé, 1982 Maderentulus maderensis Condé, 1957 Nosekiella danica Condé, 1947 Oncinocampa falcifer Condé, 1982 Oncinocampa paclti Condé, 1981 Patrizicampa sardoa Condé, 1956 Plusiocampa (Plusiocampa) affinis Condé, 1947 Plusiocampa (Plusiocampa) balsani Condé, 1947 Plusiocampa (Plusiocampa) bonadonai Condé, 1948 Plusiocampa (Plusiocampa) bonadonai bonadonai Condé, 1948 Plusiocampa (Plusiocampa) bonadonai lanzai Condé, 1962 Plusiocampa (Plusiocampa) bonneti Condé, 1948 Plusiocampa (Plusiocampa) bonneti bonneti Condé, 1948 Plusiocampa (Plusiocampa) breuili Condé, 1955 Plusiocampa (Plusiocampa) caprai Condé, 1950 Plusiocampa (Plusiocampa) corcyraea abdominalis Condé, 1984 Plusiocampa (Plusiocampa) corcyraea cyrnensis Condé, 1953 Plusiocampa (Plusiocampa) euxina Condé, 1996 Plusiocampa (Plusiocampa) exsulans Condé, 1947 Plusiocampa (Plusiocampa) fagei Condé, 1954 Plusiocampa (Plusiocampa) grandii caprai Condé, 1950 Plusiocampa (Plusiocampa) isterina Condé, 1996 Plusiocampa (Plusiocampa) latens Condé, 1947 Plusiocampa (Plusiocampa) lindbergi Condé, 1956 Plusiocampa (Plusiocampa) pouadensis fouresi Condé, 1956 Plusiocampa (Plusiocampa) pouadensis leoni Condé, 1951 Plusiocampa (Plusiocampa) provincialis Condé, 1949 Plusiocampa (Plusiocampa) provincialis praedita Condé, 1949 Plusiocampa (Plusiocampa) provincialis provincialis Condé, 1949 Plusiocampa (Plusiocampa) romana Condé, 1954 Plusiocampa (Plusiocampa) rybaki Condé, 1956 Plusiocampa (Plusiocampa) schweitzeri Condé, 1947 Plusiocampa (Stygiocampa) dalmatica Condé, 1959 Plusiocampa (Stygiocampa) denisi Condé, 1947 Plusiocampa (Stygiocampa) remyi Condé, 1947 Plusiocampa glabra Condé, 1984 Plusiocampa magdalenae Condé, 1957 Plusiocampa sardiniana Condé, 1981 Plusiocampa socia Condé, 1983 Plusiocampa vandeli Condé, 1947 Plusiocampa vedovinii Condé, 1981 Podocampa cerrutii Condé, 1975 Podocampa cerrutii cerrutii Condé, 1975 Podocampa cerrutii kahmanni Condé, 1975 Podocampa fragiliformis Condé, 1954 Podocampa jeanneli Condé, 1947 Podocampa simonini Condé, 1956 Prokoenenia asiatica Condé, 1994 Prokoenenia celebica Condé, 1994 Prokoenenia javanica Condé, 1990 Protentomon barandiarani Condé, 1947 Proturentomon discretum Condé, 1961 Proturentomon pectinatum Condé, 1948 Proturentomon picardi Condé, 1960 Remycampa grassei Condé, 1954 Rhinopias eschmeyeri Condé, 1977 Tenthredo (Elinora) vilarrubiai Condé, 1935 Triadokoenenia millotorum Remy Condé, 1991
Taxa named after Condé
The following 32 species were named condei in honour of Bruno Condé:
Arachnid: Leptoneta condei Dresco, 1987 Collembola: Eosentomon condei da Cunha, 1950 Insect: Pristiphora condei Lindqvist, 1955 Malacostraca: Oritoniscus condei Brian, 1956 Palpigradi: Eukoenenia condei Orghidan, Georgesco & Sârbu, 1982 Pauropoda: Allopauropus condei Remy, 1947 Protura: Acerentomon condei Nosek & Dallai, 1982 Protura: Acerentulus condei Nosek, 1983 Protura: Ionescuellum condei Nosek, 1965 Protura: Proturentomon condei Nosek, 1967 Acanthophorides condei Borgmeier, 1928 Alaskaentomon condei Nosek, 1981 Amoria jamrachii amoria jamrachi condei Bail & Limpus, 2001 Apistoloricaria condei Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1986 Athetis condei Viette, 1963 Barbus condei Mahnert & Géry, 1982 Carebarella condei Borgmeier, 1937 Cercomantispa condei Poivre, 1982 Charax condei Géry & Knöppel, 1976 Cirrhilabrus condei Allen & Randall, 1996 Kenyentulus condei Prabhoo, 1975 Litocampa condei Ferguson, 1999 Madagascarentomon condei Nosek, 1978 Madagascaridia condei Nosek, 1978 Minolia condei Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006 Mitrella condei Rolán, 2005 Nosekiella condei Tuxen, 1955 Pagodula condei Houart, 2003 Remulopygus condei Demange, 1961 Sangaris condei Melzer, 1931 Turris condei Vera-Pelaez, Vega-Luz & Lozano-Francisco, 2000 Xenotrechus condei Barr & Krekeler, 1967
Bibliography
Bareth, C.; Terver, D. (2004). "In Memoriam: Bruno Condé". Cymbium. 28 (3): 179. Bareth, C. (2007). "Notice sur Bruno Condé et son œuvre scientifique". Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France. 132 (3): 225–228. . Geoffroy, J.-J. (2004). "Bruno Condé (1920–2004)". Muséum national d'histoire naturelle.