Auf Anregung von Felix Rüschkamp gründeten 1927 12 Kollegen die Arbeitsgemeinschaft Rheinischer Koleopterologen, die sich zehn Jahre später dem Naturhistorischen Verein der Rheinlande und Westfalens anschloß. Unter den Zielen der Erforschung der rheinischen Käferarten in systematischer, ökologischer und tiergeografischer Hinsicht sowie der Schaffung einer Landessammlung rheinischer Käfer, die auf 250.000 Belegstücke veranschlagt wurde, entwickelte sich eine rege gemeinsame Forschungstätigkeit, die mit Unterbrechung durch den Krieg bis heute in Form mehrerer jährlicher Tagungen und Exkursionen anhält. Unter Vorsitz von Rüschkamp entstanden 15 Nachträge zur Käferfauna von Roettgen und eine 72.000 Exemplare umfassende Käfersammlung (heute etwa 500.000 Belege in Museums- und Privatsammlungen). Bis Ende des zweiten Weltkrieges entstanden vier weitere Nachträge von Adolf Horion und Johannes Klapperich (Zitate bei Koch 1968). ... [Information des Anbieters]
The Coleopterists Society is an international organization devoted to the study of all aspects of systematics and biology of beetles of the world. Membership is open to any individual interested in the objectives of the society. [Information of the supplier, modified]
The Vienna Coleopterists Society (WCV) is an international association supporting coleopterology. Moreover, it is an important task of this society to assist in solving problems of nature conservation and habitat protection. The WCV has been founded in 1906 by Adolf Hoffmann and is the world's oldest coleopterological association. The scientific journal of the WCV is the Koleopterologische Rundschau (Coleopterological Review), for the first time published in 1912. This strictly coleopterological periodical is published by the WCV and the Austrian Zoological-Botanical Society ; it appears annually and contains new contributions on taxonomy, phylogeny, zoogeography and faunistics (without geographic restrictions) using the most contemporary scientific standard. Additionally, the Vienna Coleopterists Society co-publishes: Water Beetles of China and Monographs on Coleoptera. ... [Information of the supplier, modified]
The Société d’Entomologie Africaine (S.E.A.) is an entomological society specializing in African beetles (Coleoptera) and butterflies (Lepidoptera). S.E.A. was founded in Belgium in 1994. It publishes the Journal Entomologia Africana. [Information of the supplier, modified]
The Chrysomelidae Database includes thorough information on the holdings of all species of flea beetles (alticines), Aulacoscelidines, tortoise beetles (cassidines),and chlamisines in the collection of the National Museum of Natural History (USNM). The database documents the approximately 5,000 species in these four groups and provides information on type material, geographic region, country and state holdings, bionomic data, and classification. (To access, click on the gold disk above.) The data on remaining chrysomelid lineages will gradually be added to this database over time, with the Hispinae and Lamprosomatinae coming on board next in late 1999. ... [Information of the supplier]
Seit dem Jahre 2000 ist unter www.koleopterologie.de eine umfangreiche Galerie mitteleuropäischer und weiterer Käfer (Coleoptera) entstanden, die mittlerweile weit über 6.000 Fotos (8282; Stand Dezember 2006) von mehr als 200 Bildautoren/innen umfaßt und von mehr als 1.000 Nutzern pro Tag besucht wird. Ziel ist es möglichst viele Arten abzubilden, um damit den Farb- und Formenreichtum der heimischen Käfer zu dokumentieren und eine Anregung zur Beschäftigung mit Käfern zu geben. ... [Information des Anbieters, verändert]
In the years 1995 - 1997, a checklist of German beetles was compiled by 20 authors in cooperation with numerous coleopterologists. Seperate faunistic catalogues were pre pared for 18 regions and subsequently revised by approxi mately 100 specialists. The checklist is published both in print and in a database version. In addition to a detailed description of the methods and procedure, the print version includes a comprehensive account of the current state of faunistic research, and a brief statistical analysis. On 119 printed pages, the catalogue of the beetles of Germany is presented separately for 18 regions; systematic and nomenclature are based on "Die Käfer Mitteleuropas" including all the supplements. The entries distinguish between records prior to 1900, records prior to 1950, recent records since 1950, doubtful and erroneous records, as well as records of introduced species. A total of 6,479 species of beetles have been reliably recorded from Germany; a further 379 species are introduced, doubtful or based on misidentifications. An appendix contains a complete list of all the synonyms referred to in "Die Käfer Mitteleuropas", and an index of genera and families. In addition to the catalogue, which lists a total of 6,858 species, the database version provides a file with all the sources of the 76,639 entries of the checklist, a file con taining the literature and collection references (1,658 data sets), an updated taxonomic catalogue of the beetles of Central Europe (8,887 species), and a compilation database with all the systematic and taxonomic changes in "Die Käfer Mitteleuropas" (2,305 data sets). ... [Information of the supplier]
Eine umfangreiche Sammlung von Käferfotos, die nach zoogeographischen Regionen, nach Familien, Gattungen und Arten geordnet sind, bietet diese Website. [Redaktion vifabio]
Firefly Watch combines an annual summer evening ritual with scientific research. Join a network of volunteers. Observe your own backyard. Track your progress online and interact with fellow Citizen Scientists. Help scientists map fireflies found in New England and beyond. No specific scientific training required. Participating in Firefly Watch requires just a fraction of your time. The Museum has teamed up with researchers from Tufts University and Fitchburg State College to track the fate of these amazing insects. With your help, we hope to learn about the geographic distribution of fireflies and their activity during the summer season. Fireflies also may be affected by human-made light and pesticides in lawns, so we hope to also learn more about those effects. ... [Information of the supplier]
Regularly updated photo-gallery containing over 620 West Palaearctic species of Longhorn beetles, details on biology of selected species information on host plants of several species and expedition reports. [Information of the supplier, modified]
