''Coléoptères'' is a

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entomology Entomology (from Ancient Greek ἔντομον (''éntomon''), meaning "insect", and -logy from λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study") is the branch of zoology that focuses on insects. Those who study entomology are known as entomologists. In ...

, focusing on

Coleoptera Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...

only.

History

Following the cessation of publication of the ''

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

'' in 1995, the journals ''Coléoptères'' and '' Besoiro'' were founded to accommodate some of the manuscripts that would have gone to the older journal.

Authors

At the beginning, several authors published in the journal, but now only some specialists do, mainly Philippe Antoine (

Cetoniinae Flower chafers are a group of scarab beetles comprising the subfamily Cetoniinae. Many species are diurnal and visit flowers for pollen and nectar, or to browse on the petals. Some species also feed on fruit. The group is also called fruit and ...

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 ...

(

Dynastinae Dynastinae or rhinoceros beetles are a subfamily of the scarabaeidae, scarab beetle family (biology), family (Scarabaeidae). Other common names – some for particular groups of rhinoceros beetles – include Hercules beetles, unicorn be ...

), Thierry Deuve (

Carabidae Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe. As of 2015, it is one of the 10 most species-rich animal ...

), Gérard Tavakilian (

Cerambycidae The longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae), also known as long-horned or longicorns (whose larvae are often referred to as roundheaded borers), are a large family of beetles, with over 35,000 species described. Most species are characterized by anten ...

), and Marc Lacroix (

Melolonthinae Melolonthinae is a subfamily of the Scarabaeidae, scarab beetles (family (biology), family Scarabaeidae). It is a very diverse group; distributed over most of the world, it contains over 11,000 species in over 750 genera. Some authors include the ...

Composition and production

Each number follows some rules about presentation and contains only one work. Black-and-white figures, but also many colour photographs, illustrate the publications. The size of the journal is A5; it is produced by

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. There is no regular periodicity, a new issue is published when a new work is accepted by the

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. Each issue is produced at about hundred copies, of which many are sent to beetle specialists, and about 50 copies are made available for sale. When an issue is exhausted, a reissue is done.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Coleopteres Academic journals established in 1995 Entomology journals and magazines Beetle literature French-language journals