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The genetics of Tribolium and related species.

Sokoloff, A. · 1966

€19.80 ($21.82 | £16.52 | ¥3,485)

1966 xii, 212 p., 11 plates, cloth. Important contribution to the knowledge of flour beetles, a common pest in stored grain products. Stamp on front paste-down, otherwise a very good clean copy.

Genera et species curculionidum et catalogus.

Schönherr, C.J. · 1849

€407.00 ($448.60 | £339.50 | ¥71,644)

1849 279 p., small 8vo (14.8 x 9.6 cm), later green paper-covered boards, original printed covers bound in. Very rare catalogue and list of species and genera by the famous Swedish entomologist Carl Johan Schönherr (1772-1848) commissioned by the Société Entomologique de Fra...

Biology and population studies of Carabidae of the Corynephoretum.

Schjøtz-Christensen, B. · 1965

€41.80 ($46.07 | £34.87 | ¥7,358)

1965 Two parts in two (complete). 173 p., 89 tables, paperbound. With authorâÇÖs dedication. Printed errata sheet loosely inserted. A good clean set.

Die Tierwelt Mitteleuropas. Insekten. 2. Teil. Coleoptera (KÃñfer) and Strepsiptera (FÃñcherflügler).

Scheerpeltz, O. & A. Winkler · 1930

€26.40 ($29.10 | £22.02 | ¥4,647)

1930 298 p., 51 plates, paperbound (original stiff printed covers). The series "Die Tierwelt Mitteleuropas" was published by P. Brohmer, P. Ehrmann, and G. Ulmer. This part deals mainly with beetles. A smaller portion treats the Strepsiptera Kirby, 1813, and was written by G. ...

Naturgeschichte der Insecten Deutschlands begonnen von Dr. W. F. Erichson, Abtheilung I: Coleoptera. Cicindeletae, etc..

[Erichson, W.F.] H. Schaum · 1860

€35.20 ($38.80 | £29.36 | ¥6,196)

1860 552 p., paperbound (original printed covers). First volume of Erichson's work. Only the first 3 parts (lieferung 1-3, Bogen 1-36), complete volume 1 has 791 pages. As usual, the text is a bit browned. Complete in six volumes (1848-1893).

Verschiedene Zweifalter und K̖fer mit H̦rnern.

SchÃñffer, J.C. · 1758

€352.00 ($387.98 | £293.62 | ¥61,962)

1758 38 p., 3 folded hand-coloured engraved plates, paperbound (later blind grey covers which are marbled inside). One of a series of smaller works published by this prolific entomological author from Regensburg between 1752 and 1778. The work contains detailed observations ...

Der Afterholzbock in einem Sendschreiben beschrieben nebst einer Nachricht von der Frühlingsfliege.

SchÃñffer, J.C. · 1763

€74.80 ($82.45 | £62.39 | ¥13,167)

1763 16 p., 1 hand-coloured engraved plate, small 4to, no covers. A nice paper on a beetle and trichopterid by the famous Jacob SchÃñffer, in second edition, and engraved and coloured by Bez, and Seligman. Rare. Nissen ZBI, 3624.

Ueber das FlügelgeÃñder und die phylogenetische Entwicklung der Cerambyciden.

Saalas, U. · 1936

€44.00 ($48.50 | £36.70 | ¥7,745)

1936 198 p., 19 (3 folding) plates, paperbound (original printed covers). The large folded plates show the different species' wings arranged in a phylogenetical tree. Spine reinforced with transparent tape, small date stamp on the title page and former owner's name on the fron...

Biologie der KÃñfer Europas. Eine Uebersicht der biologischen Literatur gegeben in einem alphabetischen Personen- und systematischen Sach-Register nebst einem Larven Catalogue.

Rupertsberger, M. · 1880

€77.00 ($84.87 | £64.23 | ¥13,554)

1880-1894 Two volumes in two (complete). xii, 295, viii, 308, [2] p., contemporary pebbled half calf over marbled boards. Gilt title on spine. Both printed wrappers bound in. The rare privately printed and published coleopterological bibliography running from Füssly (1781) ...

Systematische Eintheilung der Nitidularien.

Reitter, E. · 1874

€82.50 ($90.93 | £68.82 | ¥14,522)

1874 194 p., slightly later pebbled half calf over marbled boards, gilt title on spine. A revision of the Nitidulidae with many new species. This is an offprint with new pagination, from the Verhandlungen der Naturforschungs Vereins in Brünn (Austria). Bookplate on front pas...

Recherches sur la génétique des Carabes (Chrysocarabus et Chaetocarabus).

Puisségur, C. · 1964

€39.60 ($43.65 | £33.03 | ¥6,971)

1964 x, 288 p., 71 figs, 8 plates (2 col.), numerous folding tables, paperbound. Errata sheet pasted in. Interesting account on the variability within and between eight species of Carabidae, partly based on hybrids. Published as supplement 18 of Vie et Milieu. Small stamp of f...

A systematic revision and the evolutionary biology of the Ptomaphagus (Adelops) beetles of North America (Coleoptera.

Peck, S.B. · 1973

€33.00 ($36.37 | £27.53 | ¥5,809)

1973 Leiodidae, Catopinae), with emphasis on cave-inhabiting species; 134 p., 216 text figures, paperbound. With no less than 17 new (sub)species. This is the Museum of Comparative Zoology Bulletin 145(2). A good, clean copy. Scarce.

Fauna Suecica. Insecta. Tomus I-II.

Paykull, G. · 1798

€308.00 ($339.48 | £256.92 | ¥54,217)

1798-1799 [4], 358, [1], [1], 234 p., contemporary half calf over paper covered boards, spine with gilt ruled lines and title on morocco label. The first two volumes (bound in one) of three. All are rare. The work contains new species of Coleoptera. Boards and spine rubbed, ...

Die Untersuchungen über Japanische Melolonthiden II: Melolonthiden Japans und ihre Verbreitung.

Niijima, Y & E. Kinoshita · 1923

€154.00 ($169.74 | £128.46 | ¥27,109)

1923 253, 7 p., 7 plates (1 coloured), numerous figures, paperbound (original printed covers). Mostly in Japanese but with Latin nomenclature and the important "Beschreibung der neuen Arten" in German. Library stamp. With a rather primitive repair to upper partspine, bump in...

Monograph of the family of Nitidulariae.

Murray, A. · 1864

€220.00 ($242.49 | £183.51 | ¥38,726)

1864 204 p., 105 text figures., 5 hand-coloured plates, roy. 4to, contemporary red half morocco (two upper corner ends worn, else good), spine with five raised bands, gilt title, rich gilt ornaments. Deals with material collected by Alfred Russel Wallace and others. Many spe...

Recueil de Coleopteres anormaux, par feu M. S. Mocquerys avec introduction par M. J. de Bourgeois.

Mocquerys, S. · 1880

€82.50 ($90.93 | £68.82 | ¥14,522)

1880 xvi, 142 p., numerous woodcuts, paperbound (original printed covers). A reissue originally published by the Société des Amis des Sciences Naturelles de Rouen. It describes 142 teratological specimens of beetles, some of which are quite peculiar. Repairs and tear to chip...

Studies on the flash communication system in Photinus fireflies.

Lloyd, J.E. · 1966

€15.40 ($16.97 | £12.85 | ¥2,711)

1966 95 p., 30 text figures, tables, 1 plate, frontispiece, paperbound (original printed covers). With distribution maps and light-patterns of the species. Vague stamp on front wrapper, otherwise clean.

Descriptions of New Species of Carabidae, with Notes and Additional Localities of some already known Species.

Péringuey, L. · 1926

€22.00 ($24.25 | £18.35 | ¥3,873)

1926 81 p., disbound (no covers). Annals of the South African Museum.

New species of North American Coleoptera. Part 1. Descriptions of new species.

LeConte, J.L. · 1863

€33.00 ($36.37 | £27.53 | ¥5,809)

1863 177 p., paperbound (original printed covers). Hundreds of new species are described, but unfortunately not figured in this publication. The author's name is more often listed as Le Conte. From the Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. The spine and front cover is crude...

The Coleoptera of Kansas and eastern New Mexico.

Conte, J.L. le · 1859

€24.20 ($26.67 | £20.19 | ¥4,260)

1859 64 p., 1 hand-coloured map and two lithographed plates, disbound (no covers). The entomogeographical map may be the first such map ever published. According to Scudder (1886) "Le Conte was the greatest entomologist of his country". Early Smithsonian Contribution to Know...