Jean-Antoine Rioux


Jean-Antoine Rioux 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, 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 Levine, 1977, Amphinomia riouxii Quézel, 1959, Culicoides riouxi Callot & Krémer, 1961, Empidomermis riouxi Doucet, Laumont & Bain, 1979, Hystrichopsylla talpae riouxi Beaucournu & Rosin, 1977, Longicollum riouxi Golvan, 1969, Phlebotomus riouxi Depaquit, Léger & Killick-Kendrick, 1998, Pseudorhabdosynochus riouxi Kritsky & Beverley-Burton, 1986. The genus Riouxgolvania Bain & Brunhes, 1968 honours both Jean-Antoine Rioux and Yves-Jean Golvan, two French parasitologists. The subgenus Riouxomyia Depaquit, Blavier & Randrianambinintsoa, 2019 has been created for sandflies.

Selected publications

The most cited paper by Jean-Antoine Rioux is his classification of Leishmania in 1990.