A peer-reviewed open-access journal ZooKeys 583: 1–776 (2016) Litteratura Coleopterologica (1758–1900) ... 1 doi: 10.3897/zookeys.583.7084 RESEARCH ARTICLE http://zookeys.pensoft.net Launched to accelerate biodiversity research Litteratura Coleopterologica (1758–1900): a guide to selected books related to the taxonomy of Coleoptera with publication dates and notes Yves Bousquet1 1 Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0C6, Canada Corresponding author: Yves Bousquet ([email protected]) Academic editor: Lyubomir Penev | Received 4 November 2015 | Accepted 18 February 2016 | Published 25 April 2016 http://zoobank.org/01952FA9-A049-4F77-B8C6-C772370C5083 Citation: Bousquet Y (2016) Litteratura Coleopterologica (1758–1900): a guide to selected books related to the taxonomy of Coleoptera with publication dates and notes. ZooKeys 583: 1–776. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.583.7084 Abstract Bibliographic references to works pertaining to the taxonomy of Coleoptera published between 1758 and 1900 in the non-periodical literature are listed. Each reference includes the full name of the author, the year or range of years of the publication, the title in full, the publisher and place of publication, the pagination with the number of plates, and the size of the work. This information is followed by the date of publication found in the work itself, the dates found from external sources, and the libraries consulted for the work. Overall, more than 990 works published by 622 primary authors are listed. For each of these authors, a biographic notice (if information was available) is given along with the references consulted. Keywords Coleoptera, beetles, literature, dates of publication, biographies Copyright Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Li- cense (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. 2 Yves Bousquet / ZooKeys 583: 1–776 (2016) Table of Contents Introduction ........................................................................................................... 18 Format ................................................................................................................... 18 Sources ................................................................................................................... 20 List of abbreviations used ....................................................................................... 37 Acknowledgments .................................................................................................. 37 Taxonomic literature .............................................................................................. 38 Books ................................................................................................................. 38 [Anonymous] ................................................................................................. 38 Abeille de Perrin, Elzéar Emmanuel Arène ..................................................... 38 Acerbi, Joseph ................................................................................................ 39 Ackermann, Carl [Karl] Christian .................................................................. 39 Acloque, Alexandre Noël Charles ................................................................... 40 Adams, Arthur ............................................................................................... 40 Agassiz, Jean Louis Rodolphe ......................................................................... 41 Ahrens, Johann Friedrich August .................................................................... 42 Allard, Ernest ................................................................................................. 42 Alluaud, Charles ............................................................................................ 43 Altmann, L. ................................................................................................... 44 Altum, Johann Bernard Theodor .................................................................... 44 Ambrosi, Francesco ........................................................................................ 45 Amor y Mayor, Fernando ............................................................................... 45 Andersch, Johann David ................................................................................ 45 Angas, George French .................................................................................... 46 Apetz, Johann Heinrich Gottfried .................................................................. 47 Aragona, Luigi ............................................................................................... 47 Ashmead, William Harris ............................................................................... 47 Asso y del Río, Ignacio Jordán Claudio de ...................................................... 48 Aubé, Charles Nicolas .................................................................................... 48 Aubert, Louis Jules Antoine............................................................................ 49 Aucher-Éloy, Pierre Martin Remi ................................................................... 49 Audinet-Serville, Jean-Guillaume ................................................................... 50 Audouin, Jean-Victor ..................................................................................... 51 Austin, Edward Payson................................................................................... 52 Bach, Michael ................................................................................................ 53 Baczko, Ludwig Franz Josef Adolf von ........................................................... 54 Baldassini, Francesco ...................................................................................... 55 Baly, Joseph Sugar .......................................................................................... 55 Barbut, James ................................................................................................. 56 Barthélemy Lapommeraye, Christophe-Jérôme .............................................. 56 Bates, Frederick .............................................................................................. 57 Bates, Henry Walter ....................................................................................... 57 Litteratura Coleopterologica (1758–1900) ... 3 Batsch, August Johann Georg Karl ................................................................. 60 Bau, Alexander ............................................................................................... 60 Baudet-Lafarge, Mathieu Jean ........................................................................ 60 Baudi di Selve, Flaminio ................................................................................ 61 Beauregard, Henri Emmanuel ........................................................................ 62 Bechstein, Johann Matthäus ........................................................................... 62 Beck, Günther ............................................................................................... 64 Beck, Joseph Maximilian ................................................................................ 64 Beckmann, Johann ......................................................................................... 65 Bedel, Louis Ernest Marie .............................................................................. 65 Belon, Paul Marie Joseph ............................................................................... 67 Bennet, Jan Arnold ........................................................................................ 68 Berg, Friedrich Wilhelm Karl ......................................................................... 69 Berge, Karl Friedrich Wilhelm ....................................................................... 69 Bergsträsser, Johann Andreas Benignus ........................................................... 70 Berkenhout, John ........................................................................................... 71 Bernard, Pons-Joseph ..................................................................................... 71 Bernhardt, Gustav .......................................................................................... 72 Berthold, Arnold Adolph ............................................................................... 72 Bertolini, Stefano ........................................................................................... 73 Betta, Virginio ............................................................................................... 74 Bielz, Eduard Albert ....................................................................................... 74 Billberg, Gustaf Johan .................................................................................... 74 Blackburn, Thomas ........................................................................................ 75 Blake, John Frederick ..................................................................................... 76 Blanchard, Charles Émile ............................................................................... 76 Blandford, Walter Fielding Holloway ............................................................