Lodl M (2 results)

Condition: New. 229, 183 col plates. . HB. NEW. . The third volume in the series is a detailed summary of the impressively large and beautiful Rhopalocera material of the famous Vartian collection of Lepidoptera held in the Natural History Museum, Vienna. This part of the collection is well represented with North African and Middle East fauna, but also includes material from all continents, including some historical material from Inner Asia and the tropical areas. A total of 1174 species and subspecies are included. This third volume can be used as an identification guide to the Rhopalocera fauna of the Western Palaearctic. The detailed checklist contains information on the countries where specimens of each taxa were collected. [9786155279041].…

Condition: New. 303, 157 col plates. . HB. NEW. . The first volume in this new series presents a catalogue of the Noctuoidea in the Vartian collection, containing the families Notodontidae, Nolidae, Erebidae (Catocalinae, Ophiderinae, Lymantriinae and Arctiinae) and the Noctuidae (sensu stricto), the trifine noctuids. An encyclopedia and identification guide to the western and Central Asiatic fauna with special reference to Iran and Afghanistan. First section bilingual (English/German), introducing Eva Vartian and her lepidopterological activity. The scientific part comprises the annotated list of the type-material, the revised checklist of the Noctuoidea collection (3009 species-level taxa belonging to 673 genera), life-size colour images of all taxa, descriptions of 10 new species and a new subspecies.This volume will serve as a handbook for taxonomic and faunistic studies of western and Central Asia. [9789638801494]. …