Besoiro

Besoiro  
Discipline Entomology
Language French
Publication details
Publisher Patrick Arnaud (France)
Publication history 1995–present
Indexing
ISSN 1267-2157
OCLC number 477589226

Besoiro is a French entomological scientific journal. It is published by Patrick Arnaud[1] and was established in 1995. The name means beetle in Portuguese. The taxa described are included on the Zoological Record volumes.[2]

Arnaud also created the Juvisy insect fair, the most important entomological exhibition in the world, he travelled many countries and described many new species. Following the cessation of publication of the Bulletin de la Société Sciences Nat in 1995, there was a major need for entomologists to have a journal that could publish descriptions of new insect species quickly, and the journals Besoiro and Coléoptères were founded the same year.

Contents

Composition

Each volume contains one or several works. Black and white figures and colour photographs illustrate the publications.

Authors

The authors are amateur entomologists. They are mainly Patrick Arnaud Cetoniidae, Lucanidae and Scarabaeidae, Hugues Bomans Lucanidae, Tetsuo Miyashita Dynastidae and Lucanidae. Lydie Arnaud described several new Membracidae.[3]

They are from different countries: Canada, Costa-Rica, France, Japan, Madagascar, Venezuela, West Indies.

Production

The bulletin is produced on A4 paper (21 x 29.7 cm). They are produced by ink jet, as this might last longer than laser photocopies.

Circulation

Each issue is produced at about 50 copies, of which some are sent to others specialists in the world and about 20 copies are available for sale. When an issue is exhausted, a reissue is produced. Even with a small circulation, the journal has its place in Natural History Museums and is appreciated by Dung Beetles specialists[4] and Lucanidae specialists.[5][6]

New taxa

In total about 100 new taxa were described in this journal.[7]

References

  1. ^ Brett Ratcliffe: Scarab workers. World directory
  2. ^ Zoological Record: Active Journal Monitored for the Zoological Record Plus Database
  3. ^ Besoiro: Main works contained in the 18 fascicules published
  4. ^ Dana L. Price, 2009. Phylogeny and biogeography of the dung beetle genus Phanaeus (Coleoptera Scarabaeidae), Systematic Entomology, 34, pp. 13-14
    • Bert Kohlmann, Ángel Solís, Ortwin Elle, Xinia Soto & Ricardo Russo, 2007. Biodiversity, conservation, and hotspot atlas of Costa Rica: a dung beetle perspective (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidea: Scarabaeinae), Zootaxa, 1457, p. 25
    • Scarab Beetle Bibliography (January 2001-January 2007)
    • D.J. Mann, 2008. An annotated bibliography for Scarabaeinae identification, Hope Entomological Collections, Oxford, U.K., p. 47
    • Conrad P.D.T. Gillett, Michael P.T. Gillet, James E.D.T. Gillet & Fernado Z. Vaz-de-Mello, 2010. Diversity and distribution of the scarab beetle tribe Phanaeini in northern states of the Brazilian Northeast., (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidea: Scarabaeinae), Insecta Mundi, 0118, p. 17
  5. ^ Donald Horning: Lucanidae of the World. Bibliography
  6. ^ J.M. Paulsen, 2005. A revision of the southern South Amecican stag beetles of the genus Sclerostomus Burmeister (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Lucanidae), Zootaxa, 1060, p. 24
  7. ^ Besoiro: List of the taxa described in the 18 issues