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The Beetles of the World
The Beetles of the World is a series of books devoted to the idae) or Patrick Arnaud (Scarabaeidae), but also author-
study of the Coleoptera, worldwide. Sciences Nat pub- ities from Belgium: Vincent Allard (Cetoniidae); Switzer-
lished the 24 first volumes; the following volumes and land: Tiéry Lander (Buprestidae); Mexico: Miguel-Angel
the supplements were published by Hillside Books, Can- Morón (Rutelidae); Italy: Pierfranco Cavazzuti, Pietro
terbury. Ratti, Achile Casale (Carabidae); and Germany: Karl
The first book was published in 1981 by Sciences Nat, Werner (Cicindelidae). These authors also frequently
the author was Jacques Rigout and the book is a revision published entomological articles in the journal Bulletin de
the genus Batocera. The author printed the book himself, la Société Sciences Nat.
page by page. A professional bounded the volume. The
printing was of 500 copies and it was soon out of print. A
second edition was printed by a professional in 1986.
References
New authors came quickly to publish in the series. • Bulletin de la Société Sciences Nat: complete list of
There were French specialists such as Gilbert Lachaume works published [1]
(Goliathini), Jean-Pierre Lacroix (Lucanidae), Patrick • The Beetles of the World: complete list of the 30 books
Bleuzen (Cerambycidae), Thierry Porion (Curculionidae), published with their supplements [2]
Roger-Paul Dechambre (Dynastidae), Marc Soula (Rutel-
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Categories:
• Beetles
• Entomological literature
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