''The Beetles of the World'' is a series of books devoted to

Coleopterology Coleopterology (from Coleoptera and Greek , ''-logia'') is the scientific study of beetles, a branch of entomology. Practitioners are termed coleopterists and form groups of amateurs and professionals for business and pleasure. Among these is Th ...

Sciences Nat Sciences Nat was the academic publisher specialising in entomology of the Societé Sciences Nat. The society was established in 1971 and based in the rue de la Mare in Paris. Three years later it moved to the rue des Alouettes and later to Venet ...

published the 24 first volumes; the following volumes and the supplements were published by

Hillside Books, Canterbury Hillside Books, Canterbury was a publisher specialising in books on entomology and small equipment associated with this science. Origin It was established in 1989, directed by Lydie Leforestier. Initially it was in Canterbury, England but then m ...

. The first book authored by Jacques Rigout was published in French ''Les Coléoptères du Monde'' in 1981 by

, and the book is a revision the genus ''

Batocera ''Batocera'' is a genus of the family Cerambycidae, subfamily Lamiinae, close to the genus '' Rosenbergia''. List of the described species with their distribution * '' Batocera aeneonigra'' Thomson, 1859 New Guinea, Moluccas, Timor and Key Islan ...

''. The author printed the book himself, page by page. The 500 copy volume was professionally bound but was soon out of print. A second edition was printed by a professional in 1986. New authors came quickly to publish in the series. There were French specialists such as Gilbert Lachaume (Goliathini), Jean-Pierre Lacroix (Lucanidae), Patrick Bleuzen (Cerambycidae), Thierry Porion (Curculionidae),

Roger-Paul Dechambre Roger-Paul Dechambre (1935 – 8 November 2016) was a French veterinarian and entomologist . Career Dechambre attended lhe École nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort, in 1960 gaining a doctorate on the thesis ''Aspects Primitifs De L’Elevage D ...

(Dynastidae), Marc Soula (

Rutelinae Rutelinae or shining leaf chafers is a subfamily of the scarab beetles (family Scarabaeidae). It is a very diverse group; distributed over most of the world, it contains some 200 genera with over 4,000 described species in 7 tribes. A few recent ...

) or Patrick Arnaud (Scarabaeidae), but also authorities from Belgium: Vincent Allard (Cetoniidae); Switzerland: Tiéry Lander (Buprestidae); Mexico: Miguel-Angel Morón (Rutelidae); Italy: Pierfranco Cavazzuti, Pietro Ratti, Achile Casale (Carabidae); and Germany: Karl Werner (Cicindelidae). These authors also frequently published entomological articles in the journal ''

Bulletin de la Société Sciences Nat The ''Bulletin de la Société Sciences Nat'' was a French entomological scientific journal. It was published by Sciences Nat and established in 1972. History Initially, the ''Bulletin'' was sent free of charge to French entomologists. Starti ...

''.

References

* ''Bulletin de la Société Sciences Nat'': complete list of works publishe

* ''The Beetles of the World'': complete list of the 30 books published with their supplement

{{DEFAULTSORT:Beetles of the World Beetle literature 1981 non-fiction books Series of books