Catalogue of the Jacques Plante Noctuidae Collection
Jacques Plante (1920-2003) achieved outstanding success both as song writer and noctuid expert. Through his collecting efforts and acquisitions Jacques Plante built the largest private collection of Noctuidae of the Palearctic and Oriental regions of the late 20th century. Now housed in the “Muséum d’histoire naturelle”, in Geneva, Switzerland, Jacques Plante’s Lepidoptera collections include 62,688 specimens of Noctuidae, for which the Noctuinae and Hadeninae species are presented here in the first volume of the two planned to showcase this collection. A biography of Jacques Plante written by François Aulombard and Philippe Lopes Curval is presented in both French and English. This is followed by a list of J. Plante’s scientific publications and a list of the taxa that he described. A complete check list of the species of Noctuinae and Hadeninae of the collection follows, along with a chapter dedicated to the descriptions of 4 new genera, 21 new species and 21 new subspecies of Noctuinae and Hadeninae discovered in the collection. In addition, 147 colour plates illustrate more than 3000 specimens representing all of the species of Noctuinae and Hadeninae found in the collection, and 54 plates in black and white illustrate the genitalia of dissected specimens.
This book will be an essential addition to the library of all professional and advocated lepidopterists interested in the astounding diversity of Noctuidae moths of the Old World.
The price of the book is, similarly to the Vartian Collection Catalogue, Vol. 1, 115,5 EUR including VAT, subscribers are subject to the usual 10% discount. For EU VAT registered subscribers the purchase is VAT-free. For the mailing and packaging of one copy we charge 15 EUR within the EU.
Jacques Plante (1920-2003) achieved outstanding success as a song writer and as a noctuid specialist. At the time of its acquisition by the Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Genève in 2000, J. Plante's collection of Noctuidae was the largest in private hands with respect to the Palaearctic and Oriental faunas. The Noctuinae and Hadeninae were treated in the first volume of the present series. The new taxa of the rest of the collection's subfamilies (Amphipyrinae, Psaphidinae, Cuculliinae, Oncocnemidinae, Acontiinae, Pantheinae, Dyopsinae, Raphiinae, Acronictinae, Bryophilinae, Heliothinae, Condicinae and Xyleninae) are documented here. These novelties are 20 new genera, 5 new subgenera, 128 new species, and 39 new subspecies. Surprisingly, a considerable part of these novelties was discovered in the “well-known” groups of Noctuidae and in “well-known” areas like Europe, or the Far East (e.g. the Russian Far East, Japan, Taiwan and Indochina). The new species and subspecies are illustrated as magnified colour images at 8 per plate on 80 plates, and 462 genitalia preparations are shown in black and white on 154 plates.
We believe this book will serve as a milestone in our understanding of the eastern Palaearctic and Oriental Noctuidae and will inspire future revisions of hitherto neglected Noctuidae groups. We hope that, as with Volume 1, this book will serve as a handbook for taxonomists, professional and amateur collectors, curators of institutional collections, and naturalists interested in the true biodiversity of the Eurasian fauna of the family Noctuidae.
The price of the book is, similarly to the Vartian Collection Catalogue, Vol. 1, 147 EUR including VAT, subscribers are subject to the usual 10% discount. For EU VAT registered subscribers the purchase is VAT-free. For the mailing and packaging of one copy we charge 19 EUR within the EU.
The third volume of the series includes the list of 2299 species and subspecies of 535 genera and subgenera belonging to 13 subfamilies based on the investigations of ca 30,000 specimens. There are only a few new genera and subgenera described in the book as new for the science but we have to declare again that the forthcoming revisions of several genera will produce a considerable increase of the actually unrecognised and undescribed taxa even within these parts of the Plante Collection. Our intention is, similarly to the volume 1, to illustrate all distinguishable taxa and show the pattern and colour variations in the given species and subspecies represented in the collection. We believe the 170 colour plates spectacularly demonstrate again the richness of the collection, as well as the extraordinary diversity in the 13 noctuid subfamilies mentioned in the title of the volume.
The price of the book is 147 EUR (including VAT); subscribers are subject to the usual 10% discount. For EU VAT registered subscribers the purchase is VAT-free. For the mailing and packaging of one copy we charge 19 EUR within the EU.