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13.11.2007 15:04, Juglans

alex 2611

No, I was not mistaken, but we are talking about additions (although made by a very young author). The determinant is generally VERY strange in some places. Here, for example, are the dredged-winged moths: the entire family, except for one subfamily, was written by one author, and the remaining subfamily was written by another. It would seem that everything is normal, but if you read carefully, you will understand the "personal nuances": some species were "unable to divide", one describes a new genus, which the other immediately does not recognize. Or the first volume of diptera: the family Pleciidae, first on pages 121-126 (Moscow author), and then the same on pages 588-591 (St. Petersburg author). Or two options (COMPLETELY DIFFERENT!) sections by Gallic.

Bad Den
Both the editor-in-chief and the team are just tired: the series has been published for more than 20 years. Entomologists are difficult people, and sometimes very difficult. For example, in the last volume on diptera, the Zinovites refused to write a section on fleas - a local dipterologist had to do it. The underside is always not so pleasant: it is hard work to prepare such books for publication.

Of course, the most unpleasant surprise was that the keys were not given (even to the genus) of most of the moths. There are no and will not be staphylinids. Lafer did not have time to prepare all the carabids by the deadline, and it is impossible to supplement beetles in other volumes. Non-pet down eaters have completely dropped out. And much more, which, in principle, gives a reason to continue this publication.

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13.11.2007 16:39, IchMan

I'm holding the last one (at all!)in my hands. Volume of the Index of Insects of the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia (IV, issue 5) - Hymenoptera. Part of the braconids, all ichneumonids, Halictidae (one of the last ones written by Yu. A. Pesenko, and this is the first time that a cladogram is given in the determinants of this publication), andrenids, apids, trichogrammatids, and all horntails and sawflies. A total of 3,900 species (286 new to science).

Unfortunately, this latest volume did not close all the gaps... In the eardrums, these are quite large groups. However, the volume is 1052 s. and the weight of the volume is impressive...

There are not all ichneumonids (there are no subfamilies Cremastinae, Anomaloninae, and Ichneumoninae), and not all groups have tables, including those for bees. So for the genera Andrena, Colletes, Megachile, Nomada, and Bombus, only lists of species are given. The same pattern applies to most of the red-bellied animals (Argidae, Cimbicidae, Diprionidae, Tenthredinidae, Siricidae, Xiphydriidae (b. h.), and Cephidae.
But, you will agree, it is better to have what is now, rather than to have nothing. There are still places to put your strength, knowledge and skills. If you can, do better.
So we will wait for the reissue

of the expanded and corrected version, in about ten years
I have attached a preface

Key_4_5_introd.pdf

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13.11.2007 17:13, Juglans

IchMan

I'm afraid that the attitude to such determinants is different ...twelve years will finally "spoil". It is easier (and more honorable) for the author himself to publish a guide for his group, with good pictures, descriptions, etc. Actually, this is what many authors did: after the next volumes, full-fledged determinants (or atlases) on erect wings, bedbugs, scoops, ladybirds, etc. were published.
BPI had 3 superprojects: determinants for vascular plants, for insects, and for lower plants and mosses. The first project was completed completely. Second - read above. The third one, alas, has stalled and, most likely, will quietly "die" in 5-6 years (only 5 volumes of mushrooms were released). For such projects, you need not so much money as a quick-witted and somewhat fanatical editor-in-chief, as well as support from the management. When the determinants for insects began to come out, the director of the BPI was Lehr, a specialist in catfish. Now the situation is radically different, taxonomists are viewed differently.

PS By the way, another volume - a consolidated index of all Latin names - is supposed to be published. Maybe there will be some additions.

14.11.2007 13:18, IchMan

IchMan

I'm afraid that the attitude to such determinants is different ...twelve years will finally "spoil". It is easier (and more honorable) for the author himself to publish a guide for his group, with good pictures, descriptions, etc. Actually, this is what many authors did: after the next volumes, full-fledged determinants (or atlases) on erect wings, bedbugs, scoops, ladybirds, etc. were published.
BPI had 3 superprojects: determinants for vascular plants, for insects, and for lower plants and mosses. The first project was completed completely. Second - read above. The third one, alas, has stalled and, most likely, will quietly "die" in 5-6 years (only 5 volumes of mushrooms were released). For such projects, you need not so much money as a quick-witted and somewhat fanatical editor-in-chief, as well as support from the management. When the determinants for insects began to come out, the director of the BPI was Lehr, a specialist in catfish. Now the situation is radically different, taxonomists are viewed differently.

PS By the way, another volume - a consolidated index of all Latin names - is supposed to be published. Maybe there will be some additions.

I don't think it's easier for the author to publish a guide to any particular group himself. More honorable - yes, the publication of the monograph is highly valued. The main issue is prosaic-money. Such publications are interesting to a fairly narrow group of specialists, sometimes amateur enthusiasts, they are published in very small editions, and there is a lot of editorial work there. If it is an atlas, color printing in decent quality is still very expensive.
In the Far East, in particular in the BPI, they were able to break through funding. And the organizational and editorial work itself is quite difficult, I cherish the completion of this project
, but the main problem in implementing such projects, even if there is money and the editor-in - chief is a fanatic of his business and a grip, is the lack of a sufficient number of specialists. To get to know a certain group of insects, to reach some decent level, you need many years of painstaking work. And there are quite a lot of these groups in the squad - so many entomologists, for example, simply do not exist in the Far East. Specialists from other regions are involved to process the existing fees, sometimes they have not been to the Far East at all. And this will be somewhat flawed. Not all authors work at the same level - it is one thing to compile a compilation of the works of their predecessors, and quite another -to develop your own system, create defining tables, etc.
And if they decide to publish another volume, there will always be a temptation to add something else, then another, but they always find something new, and some things just don't fit physically in the previous volumes. And it's not bad

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14.04.2008 13:16, Juglans

Storozhenko S. Yu., Pak E. Ch. Straight-winged insects (Orthoptera) Korea.
Vladivostok: Dalnauka Publ., 2007, 232 p. (in Russian)

This monograph is an overview of the fauna of Orthoptera Korea. In the general part, the study history, morphology, taxonomy, and geographical distribution of orthoptera are considered. In the special section, we present definitive tables and diagnoses of 7 superfamilies, 12 families, 29 subfamilies, 51 tribes, 106 genera, and 169 species. One new species (Glyptobothrus hallasanus) has been described. The taxonomic status of one subspecies has been upgraded to that of a species. Two species names have been combined as synonyms. Seven species are excluded from the list of right-winged birds of Korea.

17.04.2008 12:52, guest: omar

The following books are out of print:
Fauna of the European North-East of Russia
Barbels, or woodcutters volume 8, part 2
A. F. Tatarinova N. B. Nikitsky M. M. Dolgin
St. Petersburg, Nauka 2007
The monograph provides information on the biology and external morphology of imago and preimaginal stages of 70 species of barbel beetles. Keys of subfamilies, genera, and species by imago and larvae are given, morphological features of all stages of development are described, habitats and ecological features of species are characterized, and the zoogeographic structure of fauna is described. it contains 117 total drawings and 69 maps with drawing points of finds of species and indicating areas. The book is well published, in a hardcover stitched. Price of author's copies in Moscow 120 rubles
S. Y. Gruntal Organization of ground beetle communities (Coleoptera, Carabidae) in the forests of the East Siberian (Russian) Plain
Moscow, 2008
The book is devoted to the organization of ground beetle communities living in the forests of two subzones of the taiga, two subzones of mixed forests and in the forest-steppe. Zonal changes in the fauna and population of these coleoptera were traced using a number of indicators. Mechanisms that allow the most numerous species to co-exist in forest biogeocenoses of different natural zones are considered.
The book is well published, in a hardcover stitched. The price of copyright copies in Moscow is 220 rubles.

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17.04.2008 16:10, omar

Dear friends! I can buy these books for you in Moscow, for all those who are going to Moscow for a meeting of forum members, and give them to you personally. For those who can't come, I do not know what to do, but I would like to stop running to the post office. If all of a sudden, the residents of St. Petersburg decide to form up, I will, of course, send the necessary number of copies to St. Petersburg to one trusted person at the specified address. And then you can figure it out for yourself. I don't really know what to do with the money. So decide. And you, Dina, are probably interested in the book about ground beetles? We'll have to wait for Obydov's publication to come out. According to forecasts, about two months, then I will send both books at once. Nothing?
I buy books from authors, as I have already said, this is an author's edition

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24.04.2008 21:47, Andylog

A new book has been published:

A. A. Shodotova, S. Yu. Gordeev, S. G. Rudykh et al. "LEPIDOPTERA OF Buryatia" - Novosibirsk: Publishing House of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2007, 250 p.

"The monograph presents long-term results of faunal and ecological studies of the diversity of Lepidopteran insects in Buryatia. An annotated list of 809 species from 22 families is provided. The features of geographical distribution, biotopic and altitude-landscape distribution are analyzed. For each species, the places and dates of finds, as well as information on bionomy, are given."

If you have any questions about the purchase, please contact Sergey Rudykh (rudykh@list.ru) or Gordeev Sergey Yuryevich (gordeevs07@mail.ru).

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