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The Coleoptera of Kansas and eastern New Mexico.

Conte, J.L. le · 1859

€27.50 ($30.31 | £22.94 | ¥4,841)

1859 64 p., 1 hand-coloured map and two lithographed plates, paperbound (original printed 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 Cont...

Host preference in ciid beetles (Coleoptera: Ciidae) inhabiting the fruiting bodies of Basidiomycetes in North America.

Lawrence, J.F. · 1973

€26.40 ($29.10 | £22.02 | ¥4,647)

1973 50 p., paperbound. This is the Museum of Comparative Zoology Bulletin 145(3). A good, clean copy.

Illustrierte Bestimmungs-Tabellen der KÃñfer Deutschlands. Ein Handbuch zum genauen und leichten Bestimmen aller in Deutschland vorkommenden KÃñfer.

Kuhnt, P. · 1913

€55.00 ($60.62 | £45.88 | ¥9,682)

1913 1145 p., 10.350 text figures, original blue cloth with gilt title on the spine and gilt title and vignette on the front board. Boards with bevelled edges. Blue endpapers. Blue edges. A massive work with clear and concise tables and, as the title indicates, an enormous n...

Illustrierte Bestimmungs-Tabellen der KÃñfer Deutschlands. Ein Handbuch zum genauen und leichten Bestimmen aller in Deutschland vorkommenden KÃñfer. Mit 10350, alle wichtigen Bestimmungsmerkmale illustrierenden Text-Abbildungen.

Kuhnt, P. · 1913

€82.50 ($90.93 | £68.82 | ¥14,522)

1913 vii, 1138 p., 10.350 text figures, original pictorial cloth with gilt title on spine and gilt title and vignette on front board. A massive work with clear and concise tables and, as the title indicates, an enormous number of illustrations. Faint stamp on title page, oth...

Methods for the study of Pest Diabrotica.

Krysan, J.L. & T.A. Miller (eds.) · 1986

€71.50 ($78.81 | £59.64 | ¥12,586)

1986 260 p., 68 text figures, hardbound. Deals with the beetle genus Diabrotica (Chrysomelidae) whose larvae are known and feared as corn rootworms. Published in the series, "Springer series in experimental entomology", with the series' preface and 12 contributions by 16 dif...

Rundschreiben der Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Rheinischer Koleopterologen (gegr. 1927) im naturhistorischen Verein der Rheinlande und Westfalens [becomes] Mitteilungen der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Rheinischer Koleopterologen. 1988(2-3), 1989(1-4) & 1990(1-4) [and] Volumes 1-17.

Mitteilungen der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Rheinischer Koleopterologen, · 1988

€192.50 ($212.17 | £160.57 | ¥33,886)

1988-2007 In issues. Numerous pages and illustrations. Original printed wrappers. In three green boxes. A long run of this little-known periodical on the beetles of western Germany. The series contains the Rundscheiben 1988-1990. Apparently the very first issue is lacking. F...

Localisations nouvelles ou intéressantes de coléoptères Marocains.

Kocher, L. · 1969

€55.00 ($60.62 | £45.88 | ¥9,682)

1969 142 p., folded map with localities, disbound (no covers). Follow-up to Kocher's important series on the Coleoptera of Marocco, published in ten parts between 1956 and 1964. This work also published as "Travaux de l'Institut Scientifique Chérifien et de la Faculte des Scie...

Novel aspects of the biology of Chrysomelidae.

Jolivet, P.H. et al. (eds.) · 1994

€99.00 ($109.12 | £82.58 | ¥17,427)

1994 xvi, 582 p. num. figs, 4to, hardbound. Number written on lower end spine, stamp on the front flyleaf, half-title and title page, else a good copy. This is volume 50 of Series Entomologica. The book is divided into eight sections, viz. palaeontology, larvae and larval biol...

Coléoptères psélaphides de l'Angola (Deuxième série).

Jeannel, R. · 1957

€55.00 ($60.62 | £45.88 | ¥9,682)

1957 112 p., 153 figures, royal 4to, paperbound. Dr. René Jeannel was the "directeur honoraire" of the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris.

Descriptions of the phytophagous Coleoptera of Japan, obtained by Mr. George Lewis during his second journey, from February 1880 to September 1881. Part I.

Jacoby, M. · 1885

€17.60 ($19.40 | £14.68 | ¥3,098)

1885 12 p., 1 fine lithographic plate, disbound (no covers). Deals mainly with (new) Chrysomelidae. Published in: Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.

Olivier's entomologie oder Naturgeschichte der Insekten mit ihren Gattungs- und Artmerkmalen, ihrer Beschreibung und Synonymie. KÃñfer.

Illiger, K. · 1800

€132.00 ($145.49 | £110.11 | ¥23,236)

1800 xvi, 309, [1] p., square 4to, later white half cloth over marbled boards. An important contribution to coleopterid systematics, however, only the first part. According to Horn-Schenkling "Mit Taf[eln] sehr selten". A rather poor copy, with repairs to the title, and some...

Tableaux analitiques des coléoptères de la faune Franco-Rhénane. Fascicule 79: Curculionidae. Apioninae / Ceuthorrhynchini.

Hustache, A. · 1920

€132.00 ($145.49 | £110.11 | ¥23,236)

1920-1931 Two parts in one. 286, iv, 314 p., 94, 28 figs, later blind marbled boards. From the series "Miscellanea Entomologica". The region covered is France, Belgium, The Netherlands, the middle Rhine area and Valais. A good copy.

Tableaux analitiques des coléoptères de la faune Franco-Rhénane. Fascicule 79: Curculionidae. Apioninae / Ceuthorrhynchini.

Hustache, A. · 1920

€154.00 ($169.74 | £128.46 | ¥27,109)

1920-1931 Two parts in one. 286, iv, 314 p., 94, 28 figs, half cloth (marbled boards and end-papers, front cover part 1 bound in) with gilt title on spine. From the series "Miscellanea Entomologica". The region covered is France, Belgium, The Netherlands, the middle Rhine are...

Pandeleteius of Venezuela and Colombia (Curculionidae: Brachyderinae: Tanymecini).

Howden, A.T. · 1976

€57.20 ($63.05 | £47.71 | ¥10,069)

1976 310 p., 524 figures grouped on unnumbered plates, black cloth with gilt title on the spine. Contains descriptions and illustrations of many new species.Using a great deal of SEM photography. Several library stamps and marks, otherwise a good copy.

Pandeleteius of Venezuela and Colombia (Curculionidae: Brachyderinae: Tanymecini).

Howden, A.T. · 1976

€55.00 ($60.62 | £45.88 | ¥9,682)

1976 310 p., 524 figures grouped on unnumbered plates, black cloth with gilt title on the spine. Contains descriptions and illustrations of many new species. Using a great deal of SEM photography. Library stamp on the front pastedown, inoffensive blindstamp, otherwise a good...

Faunistik der MitteleuropÃñischen KÃñfer. Band II. Palpicornia - Staphylinoidea (ausser Staphylinidae).

Horion, A. · 1949

€49.50 ($54.56 | £41.29 | ¥8,713)

1949 388, xxiii p., contemporary boards. Title written on spine. Preliminary pages and title page bound in the rear. Simple binding, paper a bit age-toned, otherwise a good copy. The Roman Catholic priest Adolf Horion (1888-1977) published twelve parts between 1941 and 1974.

Monografia da tribo Ibidionini (Coleoptera, Cerambycinae). Parte VI. Distribuiçao Geografica.

Martins, U.R. · 1971

€38.50 ($42.43 | £32.11 | ¥6,777)

1971 166 p., 27 figs, paperbound (no covers, as issued). Published in: Aequivos de Zoologia. Apparently the last part of a larger work. It includes the geographical distribution chapter, the bibliography and at the and the extensive descriptions of 22 new species and two new g...

Die KÃñfer der Schweiz mit besonderer Berücksichtigung ihrer geographischen Verbreitung. Theil 1 & Theil 2(1).

Heer, O. · 1837

€264.00 ($290.98 | £220.21 | ¥46,472)

1837-1841 Four parts in three. vi, 96, 67, 79, 55 p., 4to, wrappers (original contemporary uniform blind covers). One of the rarest contributions of Oswald Heer and one of his greater works on Coleoptera, though unfinished. The first part of the second volume (55 pages) was ...

Fauna of USSR. Coleoptera XII(3). Click beetles (Elateridae). Subfamily Athoinae, Tribe Ctenicerini.

Gurjeva, E.L. · 1989

€46.20 ($50.92 | £38.54 | ¥8,133)

1989 295 p., 527 text illustrations, publisher's embossed black cloth with gilt title on the spine and front board. With inscribed and signed dedication by the author on the front free endpaper. This is Fauna USSR New Series, number 136. Well-illustrated. A very good copy.

Larvae of the Elaterid Beetles of the Tribe Lepturoidini (Coleoptera: Elateridae).

Glen, R. · 1950

€16.50 ($18.19 | £13.76 | ¥2,904)

1950 v, 246 p., 39 figs, paperbound (original printed covers). Published in the Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.