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A monograph of the Odontolabini, a subdivision of the coleopterous family Lucanidae.

Leuthner, F. · 1885

€88.00 ($96.99 | £73.42 | ¥15,488)

1885 107 p., 6 figs, 14 lithographed plates, 3 maps, large 4to, paperbound (back cover missing). A thorough revision with notes on the zoogeography of this group of large beetles with often spectacular mandibles, and with excellent plates with superb detailed drawings by Edw...

New Species of Coleoptera from the Indo- and Austro-Malayan Region Collected by W. Doherty / New Species of the Genus Scymnus from the East and New Guinea / On African Longicornia.

Jordan, K. · 1894

€74.80 ($82.44 | £62.40 | ¥13,165)

1894 Three papers. 17, 16, 127 p., 3 chromolithographed plates, small 4to, disbound (but with journal covers added loose). Unopened. With the descriptions of many new species. Published in: Novitates Zoologicae.

Descriptions of New Genera and Species of Phytophagous Coleoptera obtained by W. Doherty in the Malayan Archipelago Descriptions of New Genera and Species of Phytophagous Coleoptera from Africa and Madagascar.

Jacoby, M. · 1894

€22.00 ($24.25 | £18.35 | ¥3,872)

1894 Two papers. 64, 27 p., small 4to, disbound (front cover of journal added loose). Unopened. With the descriptions of many new species. Published in: Novitates Zoologicae.

Catalogus coleopterorum regionis palaearcticae.

Winkler, A. (ed.) · 1924

€66.00 ($72.74 | £55.06 | ¥11,616)

1924-1932 In two volumes (complete). Double title pages, viii, 1698 p., later uniform cloth. Black morocco label with gilt title on spines. The basis for every palaearctic Coleoptera-study, listing nearly 9,000 numbered species, not counting the varieties, which are indicated ...

Catalogus coleopterorum Europae, Caucasi et Armeniae Rossicae. Editio tertia.

Heyden, L. von et al. · 1883

€22.00 ($24.25 | £18.35 | ¥3,872)

1883 (3rd ed.) 228 p., later half calf over grained boards. Hand-written label on the spine. This is the third edition. It deals with the Coleoptera from northwest of the Ural, the Caspian Sea, Black Sea and Mediterranean (i.e. Europe proper). The preface is in Latin. The la...

Catalogus coleopterorum Europae, Caucasi et Armeniae Rossicae.

Heyden, L. von et al. (E. Reitter ed.) · 1906

€27.50 ($30.31 | £22.94 | ¥4,840)

1906 (2nd ed. = 4th ed.?) [6], 774 p. (= 386 as the text is in two columns and each column is given a pagination number), later blind half cloth. This is the second edition (or 4th, as the second is dated 1883), edited by Edmund Reitter. It deals with the Coleoptera from north...

Additions and corrections to 'A reclassification of the subfamily Agrypninae (Coleoptera: Elateridae)'.

Hayek, C. M. F. von · 1979

€13.20 ($14.55 | £11.01 | ¥2,323)

1979 79 p., paperbound (original stiff printed covers). Published in the entomological series of the BM(NH) Bulletin, volume 38(5). Clean, as new.

A reclassification of the subfamily Agrypninae (Coleoptera: Elateridae) [AND] Additions and corrections to 'A reclassification of the subfamily Agrypninae (Coleoptera: Elateridae)'.

Hayek, C.M.F. von · 1973

€38.50 ($42.43 | £32.12 | ¥6,776)

1973 / 1979 Two volumes in two. 388 [309, 79] pp., paperbound (uniform original stiff printed covers). A massive revision especially on the genus level, with, consequently, numerous new combinations, and several new names. Of general interest, and important, are the notes on c...

Naturgeschichte der in Deutschland einheimischen KÃñfer, nebst analytischen Tabellen zum Selbstbestimmen für Lehrer und Studierende und alle freunde wissenschaftlicher Entomologie. Fünfte, verbesserde Auflage.

Fricken, W. von · 1906

€27.50 ($30.31 | £22.94 | ¥4,840)

1906 (5th ed.) viii, 515 p., 91 text figures, contemporary half cloth over marbled boards, original printed front and rear wrappers mounted. One of the many editions, this one being expanded and improved. Small owner's stamps on title page and front flyleaf. Otherwise a good c...

Faune de l'Empire Français. Volume V. Coléoptères cérambycides de l'Afrique du Nord.

Villiers, A. · 1946

€55.00 ($60.62 | £45.89 | ¥9,680)

1946 153 p., small 4to, near contemporary blue buckram with gilt title on the spine. Stamp on front paste-down and a small blind stamp on title page. Broad margins. Scarce.

A revision of the neotropical genus Metamasius (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Rhynchophorinae).

Vaurie, P. · 1967

€15.40 ($16.97 | £12.85 | ¥2,710)

1967 90 p., 72 text figures, 2 plates, paperbound (original printed covers). An excellent revision with many new species. Stamp on front wrapper, otherwise very good copy.

A revision of the genus Diplotaxis (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae). Part I-II. (complete).

Vaurie, P. · 1958

€30.80 ($33.95 | £25.70 | ¥5,421)

1958-1960 Two parts in two. 395 [130, 265] p., 387 text figures, paperbound (uniform original printed covers). An excellent revision dealing with 220 species of which 48 new. More than 50,000 specimens were examined. A very good clean set.

Archives entomologiques ou recueil contenant des illustrations d'ínsectes nouveaux ou rares. Wallace. Voyage dans l'Asie Orientale. Fragments entomologiques renfermant la description de coléoptères nouveaux ou rares.

Thomson, J. · 1857

€22.00 ($24.25 | £18.35 | ¥3,872)

1857 40 p., original printed wrappers. Deals with Coleoptera only. These species were described when Wallace was still in the Malayan Archipelago contemplating evolution and natural selection. This is part of volume 1, the work should be complete in two volumes with 35 plate...

Revision of the genus Catasarcus Schönherr (Coleoptera: Curculionidae).

Thompson, R.T. · 1968

€35.20 ($38.80 | £29.37 | ¥6,195)

1968 96 p., 1 plate, 4 maps, 64 text figures, paperbound (original printed covers). We have added by the same author: A revision of the New Guinea weevil genus Apirocalus Pascoe (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). 1977. 88 p., 8 maps, 245 text figures (stamp on front cover).

A revision of the New Guinea weevil genus Apirocalus Pascoe (Coleoptera: Curculionidae).

Thompson, R.T. · 1977

€16.50 ($18.19 | £13.77 | ¥2,904)

1977 88 p., 8 maps, 245 text figures, paperbound (original printed covers). A very good copy.

Mexican cotton-boll weevil. Message from the president of the United States transmitting a communication from the Secretary of Agriculture submitting a report on the Mexican cotton-boll weevil.

Taft, W.H. et al. · 1912

€22.00 ($24.25 | £18.35 | ¥3,872)

1912 188 p., 34 figures, 22 plates, original cloth. At a time when the White House, Senate, and Congress of America were concerned about insects. The letter of transmittal is, of course, signed by President Taft, the paper itself being the work of several entomologists, includ...

Magazin für insektenkunde. Ersten Bandes. Erstes und zweites Heft.

Illiger, K. (ed.) · 1801

€63.80 ($70.32 | £53.23 | ¥11,229)

1801 260, [1] p., paperbound (contemporary plain covers). Very rare first part of this early German entomological journal. After the introduction of the journal, this first half of this volume contains primarily papers on Coleoptera (mostly written by Illiger): Nachtrag und Be...

Synopsis of the genera and subgenera of the tribe Peleciini, and revision of the neotropical and oriental species (Coleoptera: Carabidae).

Straneo, S.L. & G.E. Ball · 1989

€38.50 ($42.43 | £32.12 | ¥6,776)

1989 178 p., over 200 figures of specimens, many tables, and distribution maps, 4to, paperbound. A very detailed study, with drawings and (SEM) photographs of animals, and with distribution maps. Many species are new. Published as Insecta Mundi, Journal of World Insects System...

I Pterostichine dell'Angola (Coleoptera Carabidae).

Straneo, S.L. · 1952

€26.40 ($29.10 | £22.02 | ¥4,646)

1952 36 p., several text figures, large 4to, paperbound. On Angolan Carabidae, with new taxa. Well illustrated. Scarce.

Vergleichende Anatomie und Physiologie der Insecten in Monographien bearbeitet. I. Die weibliche Geschlechtsorgane der KÃñfer (all published).

Stein, F. · 1847

€313.50 ($345.52 | £261.55 | ¥55,175)

1847 viii, 139 p., 9 plates, royal 4to (27 x 34 cm), contemporary half cloth over marbled boards, printed title mounted on front board. Rather rare monograph on the female genitalia of Coleoptera. Foxed in the margin and most plates with a waterstain at the bottom. A small cli...