Systematic and synonimic list of leps

Tue Dec 8 17:36:11 EST 1998

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I would ike to inform all the people who might be interseted that the
second "Systematic and synonimic list of lepitoptera of France, Belgium
and Corsica"  (Leraut's list, snd edition) is available since the third
quarter of 1997 at the following adress : Alexanor - 45, rue de Buffon
75005 Paris.

It is a full and revised work, which is worthwhile and that would be
very useful to all lepidopterists. a Foreword, an  intoduction, some
explanations and aknowledgements are given in french, english, german,
and netherland.  Summaries are also given in all european languages
(including catalan and provençal !!!).

The author (Patrice J. A. Leraut) argues this new lists (the fist one
was edited in 1986) as follows : "The convulsions that are now shaking
ceratin Eastern European Countries, and the demise of the USSR are
likely to cause unforeseen political and cultural disturbance throughout
Europe. One of the first consequences - with which we are concerned here
- should be the freer circulation of entomological material and
publications. Already, a much greater abundance of Systematic work is
appearing every year, most of which concerns the fauna of Europe and
adjascent areas, and many species of Lepidoptera new to science have
been described from western Paleartic Region. In addition,
re-examination of hitherto innacessble type specimens has resulted in
modifications of certain well-established synonymies, and the
suppression on occasion of names of certain species which were based on
misidendifications. It was therfore time to publish a new synthesis of
most recent work on French lepidptera".

About the contents of the book, P. Leraut adds :  " This lists sets out
in systematic order, starting with the least and finishing with the most
highly evolved groups, the Lepidoptera of mainland France and the Island
of Corsica, together with the species recorded from Belgium (indicated
by a B in the margin) and Andorra (A), so far unrecorded in France.All
synonyms of taxa in the systematic list are given in italics and offset
to the right. According to the groups, a fairly exhaustive synonymy is
given for the better-known families, whereas only a brief indication is
provided for those which are still underworked. For simplicity of
presentation, subspecies and other synonyms of the nominotypical form
which are valid under the international code are indicated in the list
of synonyms in the same way as those which were originally used as
species names".

I do not know if lots of people here will be interested by this European
(French) work. I do not know the price, but I guess it should be
something of 300-400 FRF (60-80 USD).

Jérôme Bertin (hj.bertin at worldnet.fr)

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I would ike to inform all the people who might be interseted that the second
"Systematic and synonimic list of lepitoptera of France, Belgium and Corsica"&nbsp;
(Leraut's list, snd edition) is available since the third quarter of 1997
at the following adress : Alexanor - 45, rue de Buffon 75005 Paris.
It is a full and revised work, which is worthwhile and that would be
very useful to all lepidopterists. a Foreword, an&nbsp; intoduction, some
explanations and aknowledgements are given in french, english, german,
and netherland.&nbsp; Summaries are also given in all european languages
(including catalan and proven&ccedil;al !!!).
The author (Patrice J. A. Leraut) argues this new lists (the fist one
was edited in 1986) as follows : "The convulsions that are now shaking
ceratin Eastern European Countries, and the demise of the USSR are likely
to cause unforeseen political and cultural disturbance throughout Europe.
One of the first consequences - with which we are concerned here - should
be the freer circulation of entomological material and publications. Already,
a much greater abundance of Systematic work is appearing every year, most
of which concerns the fauna of Europe and adjascent areas, and many species
of Lepidoptera new to science have been described from western Paleartic
Region. In addition, re-examination of hitherto innacessble type specimens
has resulted in modifications of certain well-established synonymies, and
the suppression on occasion of names of certain species which were based
on misidendifications. It was therfore time to publish a new synthesis
of most recent work on French lepidptera".
About the contents of the book, P. Leraut adds :&nbsp; " This lists
sets out in systematic order, starting with the least and finishing with
the most highly evolved groups, the Lepidoptera of mainland France and
the Island of Corsica, together with the species recorded from Belgium
(indicated by a B in the margin) and Andorra (A), so far unrecorded in
France.All synonyms of taxa in the systematic list are given in italics
and offset to the right. According to the groups, a fairly exhaustive synonymy
is given for the better-known families, whereas only a brief indication
is provided for those which are still underworked. For simplicity of presentation,
subspecies and other synonyms of the nominotypical form which are valid
under the international code are indicated in the list of synonyms in the
same way as those which were originally used as species names".
I do not know if lots of people here will be interested by this European
(French) work. I do not know the price, but I guess it should be something
of 300-400 FRF (60-80 USD).
J&eacute;r&ocirc;me Bertin (hj.bertin at worldnet.fr)</html>

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