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 A color photo-catalogue of all known African species and subspeciesof Stag Beetles. This book treats the whole African continent, includingMadagascar and small islands: 125 species of 16 genera from tropical Africa and North Africa are listed and figured. For all species andsubspecies the detailed distribution is given, and for some speciesphotos of habitats and living specimens in the field are included.In addition, portraits and short biographical information aboutentomologists and explorers who worked particularly with the Africanlucanid fauna are also given. The species richness of the variouscountries and the perspectives for further research are discussed.For each African country all the known species are listed, togetherwith the number of endemisms. Author, year, publication, synonyms,size, type locality, abundance, remarks, and distribution are given forevery taxon.The label data of all the illustrated specimens are cited,as well as the acronym of the collection where the specimen is held.Many of the type specimens from the most important entomologicalmuseums (Berlin, Pretoria, Eberswalde, London, Paris, Cape Town,Munich, Dresden, Tervuren, Vienna, Florence, Genova and Basel)are illustrated. A large amount of bibliographical references are givenat the end.More then 400 color photographs of all the speciesand subspecies from the African continent,as well as photos of living specimens and habitats- 192 pages, luxurious hardcover edition, largeformat 23x31, text in English
 
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Hermann Julius KolbeHenry BoileauEugene SéguyBernard BeneshSebastian Endrödy-YoungaHugues Eli BomansMarc DesfontainePhilippe MorettoJean Michel MaesTetsuo MizukamiShinya Kawai`
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- Hermann Julius Kolbe,
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- Henry Boileau,
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- Eugene Séguy,
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- Bernard Benesh,
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- Sebastian Endrödy-Younga`
 
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- Jean Michel Maes,
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- Hugues Eli Bomans,
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- Marc Desfontaine (on left) and Philippe Moretto,
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- Tetsuo Mizukami,
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- Shinya Kawai (on right) here together with Robert Lízler (on left) and Karl Werner
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