|
|
Post by tv on Mar 1, 2022 14:27:49 GMT -8
I had been looking for some sort of definitive listing of all the known species of Eupholus weevils for quite a while and finally found this book. It looks incredibly thorough, has both English and French text, and was written by a couple of folks that are credited with describing dozens of species in the genus. I ordered a copy and it should be here sometime in the next week or so. I'll provide an update/review when I get a chance to read through it.
|
|
|
|
Post by livingplanet3 on Mar 1, 2022 14:48:39 GMT -8
This looks amazing. I wish the price was lower, but specialty books of this sort are always going to be a bit expensive. That said, 140 EUR (156 USD) is still less than I've paid for some other books.
|
|
|
|
Post by trehopr1 on Mar 1, 2022 15:04:45 GMT -8
The genus Pachyrhynnchus is another very splendid genus of smaller weevils from a wide assortment of Southeast Asian Islands.
I don't know if there's a book about them but, there should be....
|
|
|
|
Post by panacanthus on Mar 1, 2022 16:13:31 GMT -8
Thank you so much for sharing. Looks incredible. My only fear is that I would ruin the pages while drooling over the photos!
Might just have to get this one anyways!
|
|
|
|
Post by tv on Mar 10, 2022 11:30:00 GMT -8
I received it in the mail the other day, but it's a birthday gift so I haven't been able to read it yet. I still have a couple weeks to wait. I did open the package and the book is big (12 inch by 9 inch / 295x240mm) and heavy (over 3 lbs / 1.5kg). Definitely a bigger book than I was expecting.
|
|
|
|
Post by tv on Apr 4, 2022 14:35:21 GMT -8
Finally got a chance to look through it, and it's incredible. It's a big heavy book full of hundreds of photos representing all the different species. For example, the entry for E. geoffroyii has 34 different images showing the wide variability that can be seen in this species. I was really impressed with the E. bennettii entry that has 64 different examples. I had no idea there was that much variation in a single species. The smallest photos are about 2 to 2.5 times life size and many are larger than that so you can really see the details in the scale structure. For some of the rarest species there may only be a single photograph, but it really helped clarify a lot of the issues I was having identifying specimens.
Overall highly rated.
|
|
|
|
Post by 58chevy on Apr 4, 2022 15:07:26 GMT -8
Wow! Outstanding book.
|
|
