LIST OF BEETLE FAMILIES OF THE WORLD. KEY TO THE NEARCTIC FAMILIES OF COLEOPTERA. ARCHOSTEMATA.MYXOPHAGA. GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY. FAMILIES. Cupedidae. Micromalthide. Microsporidae. Hydrosporidae. Rhysoscaphidae. Carabidae. Gyrinidae. Haliplidae. Trachypachidae. Noteridae. Amphizoidae. Dytiscidae. Hydrophilidae. Sphaeritidae. Histeridae. Hydraenidae. Ptiliidae. Agyrtidae. Leiodidae. Scydmaenidae. Silphidae. Staphylinidae. INDEX.
Ross H. Arnett Jr., Michael C.Thomas
"An impressively comprehensive text on the subject. … Provides
information in a well-organized format."
- Southeastern Naturalist, Issue 3/2, 2004
"The most complete text on the subject. Covers more species of
North American beetles than any previous publication. This 2 volume
set provides general features for quick … diagnoses, as well as
dichotomous keys for identifying every genus of beetle occurring in
the United States and Canada. … Geared towards graduate students,
university faculty, and professionals alike, this set contains
contributions from acknowledged specialists in the field and is an
essential reference for identification and ecology of North
American beetles."
- Southeastern Naturalist, Issue 3/3, 2004
"…these two volumes cover more North American species than any
previous text."
-Northeastern Naturalist, Issue 12/4, 2005
"…As the successor to the classic work on this subject, The Beetles
of the United States: A Manual for Identification by R.H. Arnett,
Jr. published nearly 40 years ago (1960), this excellent set is
indispensable for graduate students, faculty, researchers, and
professionals seriously interested in beetle identification and
ecology."
--CHOICE, January 2003.
Un magnifique volume qui complete le premier de la sèrie, avec ses
22 familles les plus primitives des Colèoptëres, dont les
Carabiques. Cette fois 109 familles sont traitèes, soit 131
familles en tout. Nous sommes loin du premier volume de Ross Arnett
"The Beetles of the United States" publiè en un seul volume en
1962. J'avais quant á moi l'èdition de 1968. Cet ouvrage comportait
alors 1112 pages et ètait imprimè en petit format. La qualitè de la
publication et des illustrations n'ètait en rien comparable aux
volumes actuels. Une belle production de CRC Press qui fait honneur
á cette maison d'èdition. Une trës complète bibliographie termine
les chapitres ....
Fèlicitons, les auteurs, les collaborateurs, et finalement les
èditeurs d'avoir rèalisè ce magnifique ouvrage. Ces deux volumes
restent indispensables á qui veut Ètudier la faune
colÈoptÈrologique de l'Amèrique du Nord et du Nord du Mexique, en
un mot la faune nèarctique. Cette faune a des èlèments en commun
avec l'Asie et surtout le Vieux monde, les connections ayant existè
á diverses èpoques avec les continents voisins. La faune des
Antilles, de l'Amèrique Centrale n'est pas loin non plus et ce
livre peut servir de base á leur ètude. Une mise á jour de cette
qualitè serait peut-être nècessaire dans notre pays, coordinant les
Faunes de France, qui hèlas sont loin d'avoir fait le tour des
Colèoptéres.
Translation:
"… We have come a long way from the initial work of Ross Arnett "
The Beetles of the United States " published in a single volume in
1962.... The quality of that publication and its illustrations was
nothing compared to the present volumes. A beautiful production of
CRC Press.... A very complete bibliography is at the end of each
chapter.
" Congratulations to the authors, the collaborators, and, finally,
to the editors for having put together this magnificent work. These
two volumes will remain indispensable for those who want to study
the Coleoptera fauna of North America that is north of Mexico, in a
word the Nearctic fauna. This fauna has some elements in common
with Asia and especially with the Old World, the connections having
existed in various epochs with the neighboring continents. The
fauna of the Antilles and of Central America is nearby and this
book can act as basis for their study…"
-Pierre Jolivet, Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie, Paris, France
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