Charles Lienhard (born January 1949) is a Swiss entomologist specializing in psocids.
He worked at the Institute of Entomology of ETH Zurich from 1971 to 1980, obtaining his doctorate there in 1976. He then worked at the Natural History Museum of Geneva from 1981 until his retirement in early 2009, after which he became an honorary curator. In 2017, he received the Ig Nobel Prize in biology for demonstrating the existence of a penis in the female and a vagina in the male of insects of the genus Neotrogla.
Taxa dedicated to him A subtribe of psocids, Lienhardiellina Mockford, 1999, and the genus Lienhardiella Mockford, 1999 are dedicated to him,as are numerous species of arthropods, including:
Acrotocepheus lienhardi Mahunka, 1989 Apocheiridium lienhardi Mahnert, 2011 Burmjapyx lienhardi Pagés, 2000 Buthus lienhardi Lourenço, 2003 Coronibatula lienhardi Mahunka, 1988 Eukoenenia lienhardi Condé, 1989 Inmalthodes lienhardi Wittmer, 1992 Notophthiracarus lienhardi Mahunka, 1996 Papillacarus lienhardi Mahunka, 1997 Passalozetes lienhardi Mahunka, 1997 Pseudotocepheus lienhardi Mahunka, 1993 Ptiloppia lienhardi Mahunka, 2001 Sabahtritia lienhardi Mahunka, 1995 Scaphisoma lienhardi Löbl & Ogawa, 2016 Suctobelbella lienhardi Mahunka, 1983 Trioza lienhardi Burckhardt, 1981 Zetomotrichus lienhardi Mahunka, 1989
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