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Bousquet Y (2018) The dating of the fourth volume of Guillaume-Antoine Olivier’s “Entomologie, ou histoire naturelle des insectes”. ZooKeys 734: 137-148. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.734.22901
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Despite the title page is dated 1795, the fourth volume of Olivier’s Entomologie, ou histoire naturelle des insectes was issued in two parts, one probably in 1795 and the second in 1800. All new taxa made available in this work have previously been dated 1795 in the literature. A list of new species described in 1795 and a list of those that have to be dated 1800 are appended. The genus Necrobia should be credited to Latreille, 1797, not Olivier, 1795.
Coleoptera , beetles, date of publication, literature
Born in the commune Les Arcs (also known as Les Arcs-sur-Argens), a small village near Toulon in the Var department, southeastern France, on 19 January 1756, Guillaume-Antoine Olivier (Fig.
One of the two major publications of Olivier is his Entomologie ou histoire naturelle des insectes. As the title suggests, Olivier apparently intended to treat all insect orders, but in the end only the Coleoptera were dealt with. Six volumes of text and two of plates were published between 1789 and 1808. Each genus in the first four volumes was given a number and separately paginated. The entire work consisted of 3,162 pages and 363 plates (either black and white or colored) issued in 30 livraisons (
The fourth volume treated 18 genera: No 66, Prione / Prionus (41 pp.); No 67, Capricorne / Cerambix [Cerambyx] (132 pp.); No 68, Saperde / Saperda (41 pp.); No 69, Stencore / Stenocorus (30 pp.); No 70, Callidie / Callidium (72 pp.); No 71, Spondyle / Spondylis (4 pp.); No 72, Calope / Calopus (4 pp.); No 73, Lepture / Leptura (34 pp.); No 74, Nécydale / Necydalis (10 pp.); No 74bis, Cucuje / Cucujus (10 pp.); No 75, Donacie / Donacia (12 pp.); No 75bis, Lupère / Luperus (4 pp.); No 76, Clairon / Clerus (18 pp.); No 76bis, Nécrobie / Necrobia (6 pp.); No 77, Bostriche / Bostrichus (18 pp.); No 78, Scolyte / Scolytus (14 pp.); No 79, Bruche / Bruchus (24 pp.); No 80, Macrocéphale / Macrocephalus (16 pp.). Its title page is dated 1795 (Fig.
One problematic question remains. What exactly is the content of livraison 23 since the recording journals cited above simply mentioned that it included about three-quarters of the fourth volume?
The genus Necrobia has been attributed to “Olivier 1795” from this work by almost all authors seen. The name is so entered in the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology following Opinion 604 (
There are 72 plates associated with the genera treated in volume 4 of Olivier’s Entomologie: 13 for Prionus (No 66), 23 for Cerambix / Cerambyx (No 67), 4 for Saperda (No 68), 3 for Stenocorus (No 69), 8 for Callidium (No 70), 1 for Spondylis and Calopus (Nos 71 and 72); 4 for Leptura (No 73); 1 for Necydalis (No 74); 1 for Cucujus (No 74bis); 1 for Donacia and 1 for Donacia and Luperus (Nos 75 and 75bis); 1 for Clerus and 1 for Clerus and Necrobia (Nos 76 and 76bis); 3 for Bostrichus (No 77); 2 for Scolytus (No 78); 3 for Bruchus (No 79); 2 for Macrocephalus (no 80). There are no scientific names on the plates
The question remaining is when the first part of Olivier’s volume 4 (i.e., Nos 66 and 67 up to page 80) was actually published. I have been unable to find the livraison in which this part was published nor did I find a date of publication in a recording journal for livraison 22 of the work, which could deal with the first part. Livraison 21 was noticed in 1796 in the third volume of the second year of the Magasin Encyclopédique ou Journal des Sciences, des Lettres et des Arts (p. 558) but no indication was provided as to its content. What is puzzling is that the first author I found giving reference to any of the species included in the entire fourth volume is
I thank Anthony Davies, Neal L. Evenhuis, and Martyn E.Y. Low for reviewing the manuscript and providing comments that improved it.
List of new species described in Olivier’s first part of volume 4 of his Entomologie (Nos 66 and 67 up to p. 80), dated 1795, along with the original localities mentioned. Note. Cerambix denticornis [67: 60; pl. 5, fig. 33] is a replacement name for Lamia spinicornis Fabricius, 1781 and Cerambix sulcatus [67: 28; pl. 16, fig. 113] is a replacement name for Cerambyx festivus Fabricius, 1775.
Prionus accentifer [66: 8; pl. 4, fig. 16] [[Locality not indicated]]
Prionus angulatus [66: 31; pl. 1, fig. 2] [Locality not indicated]
Prionus ater [66: 11; pl. 7, fig. 24] Cayenne
Prionus castaneus [66: 23; pl. 8, fig. 28, 29] [Locality not indicated]
Prionus cinereus [66: 35; pl. 13, fig. 55] Surinam
Prionus corticinus [66: 21; pl. 9, fig. 34] Cayenne
Prionus crenatus [66: 27; pl. 12, fig. 45] Cayenne
Prionus exsertus [66: 17; pl. 8, fig. 31] Saint-Domingue
Prionus maculatus [66: 27; pl. 4, fig. 14] Sénégal
Prionus obscurus [66: 26; pl. 1, fig. 7] Provence
Prionus octangularis [66: 33; pl. 6, fig. 19 + pl. 13, fig. 54] [Locality not indicated]
Prionus orientalis [66: 28; pl. 13, fig. 51] Ceylan
Prionus quadrilineatus [66: 40; pl. 3, fig. 11] [Locality not indicated]
Prionus scutellaris [66: 14; pl. 2, fig. 9] Cayenne
Prionus senegalensis [66: 22; pl. 7, fig. 25] Sénégal
Prionus sericeus [66: 16; pl. 8, fig. 26] Cayenne
Prionus serraticornis [66: 14; pl. 9, fig. 33] [Locality not indicated]
Prionus speciosus [66: 31; pl. 4, fig. 13] [Locality not indicated]
Prionus sulcatus [66: 39; pl.8, fig. 27] Cayenne
Prionus tuberculatus [66: 20; pl. 6, fig. 22] Amérique méridionale
Prionus undatus [66: 32; pl. 13, fig. 53] Surinam
Prionus vittatus [66: 39; pl. 6, fig. 20] Indes orientales
Cerambix analis [67: 37; pl. 19, fig. 144] [Locality not indicated]
Cerambix angolator [67: 71; pl. 22, fig. 170] Angole
Cerambix bicinctus [67: 46; pl. 21, fig. 166] [Locality not indicated]
Cerambix bilineatus [67: 17; pl. 21, fig. 161] [Locality not indicated]
Cerambix crassicornis [67: 51; pl. 20, fig. 150] [Locality not indicated]
Cerambix emarginatus [67: 48; pl. 22, fig. 82] Brésil
Cerambix fuliginosus [67: 14; pl. 10, fig. 64] [Locality not indicated]
Cerambix globosus [67: 27; pl. 12, fig. 81] Batavia
Cerambix hirtipes [67: 36; pl. 20, fig. 157] Cap de Bonne-Espérance
Cerambix humeralis [67: 38; pl. 19, fig. 141] [Locality not indicated]
Cerambix maculatus [67: 68; pl. 7, fig. 49 + pl. 22, fig. 174] Indes orientales
Cerambix maxillosus [67: 52; pl. 20, fig. 147] [Locality not indicated]
Cerambix nigripes [67: 52; pl. 20, fig. 149] [Locality not indicated]
Cerambix papulosus [67: 72; pl. 20, fig. 156] Indes orientales
Cerambix rugosus [67: 12; pl. 21, fig. 159] Cayenne
Cerambix scapularis [67: 17; pl. 21, fig. 162] [Locality not indicated]
Cerambix scutellaris [67: 16; pl. 21, fig. 160] [Locality not indicated]
Cerambix subocellatus [67: 69; pl. 2, fig. 12] [Locality not indicated]
Cerambix unidentatus [67: 20; pl. 19, fig. 145] [Locality not indicated]
Cerambix verrucosus [67: 63; pl. 20, fig. 148] [Locality not indicated]
Cerambix virescens [67: 77; pl. 2, fig. 8] [Locality not indicated]
List of new species described in Olivier’s second part of volume 4 of his Entomologie (from No 67 page 81 to the end), issued in 1800, along with the original localities mentioned.
Cerambyx aestuans [67: 123; pl. 23, fig. 176] Sénégal
Cerambyx armatus [67: 121; pl. 19, fig. 14] Surinam
Cerambyx bifasciatus [67: 94; pl. 14, fig. 98] Afrique équinoxiale
Cerambyx caelatus [67: 99; pl. 11, fig. 79 + pl. 12, fig. 79] Indes orientales
Cerambyx continuus [67: 123; pl. 23, fig. 177] Afrique
Cerambyx crocatus [67: 92, pl. 12, fig. 80] Madagascar
Cerambyx decorus [67: 128; pl. 5, fig. 38] Sénégal
Cerambyx dentifer [67: 132; pl. 23, fig. 185] Afrique
Cerambyx didymus [67: 125; pl. 23, fig. 179] Amérique méridionale
Cerambyx formosus [67: 86, pl. 20, fig. 153] [Locality not indicated]
Cerambyx gallo-provincialis [67: 125, pl. 3, fig. 17] Provence
Cerambyx hemipterus [67: 127; pl. 23, fig. 181] Java
Cerambyx lateralis [67: 129; pl. 5, fig. 36] [Locality not indicated]
Cerambyx macularis [67: 98; pl. 20, fig. 154] Surinam
Cerambyx obsoletus [67: 130; pl. 13, fig. 90] Caroline, Pensylvanie
Cerambyx ornatus [67: 88; pl. 4, fig. 24 + pl. 1, fig. 6] Afrique
Cerambyx pectoralis [67: 122; pl. 23, fig. 175] Sénégal
Cerambyx plumosus [67: 98; pl. 20, fig. 152] Indes orientales
Cerambyx sanguinolentus [67: 93; pl. 20, fig. 155] [Locality not indicated]
Cerambyx sordidus [67: 124; pl. 1, fig. 5] Sénégal
Cerambyx spinipes [67: 103; pl. 10, fig. 66] isle de Bourbon
Cerambyx stigma [67: 126; pl. 23, fig. 180] Amérique méridionale
Cerambyx umbraticus [67: 129; pl. 11, fig. 75] Cayenne
Cerambyx villicus [67: 102; pl. 10, fig. 72] isle de Bourbon
Saperda annularis [68: 11; pl. 4, fig. 36] Espagne
Saperda bicolor [68: 32; pl. 3, fig. 25] Amérique septentrionale, en Géorgie
Saperda bicornis [68: 27; pl. 4, fig. 46] [Locality not indicated]
Saperda bimaculata [68: 21; pl. 4, fig. 43] Département du Var
Saperda cinerea [68: 28; pl. 3, fig. 35] Amérique septentrionale
Saperda cornuta [68: 26; pl. 4, fig. 45] Surinam
Saperda elegans [68: 15; pl. 4, fig. 40] [Locality not indicated]
Saperda elongata [68: 19; pl. 3, fig. 34] Chine
Saperda fasciculata [68: 14; pl. 1, fig. 3] Amérique méridionale
Saperda filiformis [68: 28; pl. 4, fig. 47] Sénégal
Saperda hirticollis [68: 11; pl. 4, fig. 37] [Locality not indicated]
Saperda hirtipes [68: 14; pl. 1, fig. 8] Amérique méridionale, Cayenne, Surinam
Saperda lunaris [68: 7; pl. 2, fig. 21] Indes orientales
Saperda maculata [68: 32 + 68: 39; pl. 3, fig. 33] Amérique septentrionale, dans la Géorgie
Saperda mucronata [68: 30; pl. 1, fig. 10] [Locality not indicated]
Saperda pallipes [68: 31; pl. 4, fig. 49] Surinam
Saperda plumbea [68: 21; pl. 4, fig. 42] Amérique septentrionale
Saperda rufipes [68: 25; pl. 2, fig. 14] Département du Var
Saperda thoracica [68: 18; pl. 2, fig. 19] [Locality not indicated]
Saperda tridentata [68: 30; pl. 3, fig. 48] Canada
Stenocorus bicolor [69: 16; pl. 1, fig. 4] [Locality not indicated]
Stenocorus humeralis [69: 22; pl. 2, fig. 18] Allemagne et en Hongrie
Stenocorus laevis [69: 21; pl. 3, fig. 25] France
Stenocorus lineatus [69: 13; pl. 3, fig. 22] Amérique
Stenocorus niger [69: 19; pl. 3, fig. 24] Mont-Pila
Stenocorus scrutator [69: 10; pl. 3, fig. 21] Autriche
Stenocorus sericeus [69: 20; pl. 1, fig. 8] France
Stenocorus suturalis [69: 29; pl. 4, fig. 29] Indes orientales
Stenocorus testaceus [69: 27; pl. 2, fig. 20] Cap de Bonne-Espérance et dans la Géorgie
Callidium abdominale [70: 70; pl. 8, fig. 103] midi de la France
Callidium araneiforme [70: 61; pl. 7, fig. 90] Saint-Domingue
Callidium arvicola [70: 64; pl. 8, fig. 93] midi de la France
Callidium campestre [70: 65; pl. 8, fig. 95] Amérique septentrionale
Callidium cinereum [70: 69; pl. 8, fig. 102] Saint-Domingue
Callidium decorum [70: 63; pl. 8, fig. 92] Newyork
Callidium irroratum [70: 70; pl. 8, fig. 104] Saint-Domingue
Callidium lucidum [70: 59; pl. 7, fig. 86] Saint-Domingue
Callidium notatum [70: 61; pl. 7, fig. 89] New-York
Callidium palmatum [70: 29; pl. 7, fig. 82] Amérique méridionale
Callidium pini [70: 71; pl. 8, fig. 105] New-York
Callidium pulverulentum [70: 69; pl. 8, fig. 101] Amérique septentrionale
Callidium rhombifer [70: 46; pl. 4, fig. 51] Géorgie
Callidium rufum [70: 28; pl. 7, fig. 81] [Locality not indicated]
Callidium ruricola [70: 65; pl. 8, fig. 96] Saint-Domingue
Callidium spinicorne [70: 68; pl 8, fig. 100] Saint-Domingue
Callidium suturale [70: 62; pl. 7, fig. 91] Saint-Domingue
Callidium unicolor [70: 58; pl. 7, fig. 84] côtes de Barbarie; Asie mineure, dans la Mésopotamie
Callidium verrucosum [70: 67; pl. 8, fig. 98] New-York
Callidium villicum [70: 64; pl. 8, fig. 94] Amérique septentrionale
Leptura acuminata [73: 20; pl. 3, fig. 35] Amérique septentrionale
Leptura arcuata [73: 32; pl. 4, fig. 47] Amérique septentrionale
Leptura canadensis [73: 8; pl. 3, fig. 27] Canada
Leptura circumdata [73: 32; pl. 4, fig. 48] Amérique septentrionale
Leptura cordifera [73: 25; pl. 4, fig. 41] Amérique septentrionale
Leptura cruciata [73: 7; pl. 1, fig. 5] environs de Paris
Leptura decem-punctata [73: 26; pl. 4, fig. 42] Hongrie, aux environs de Paris
Leptura lateralis [73: 22; pl. 3, fig. 37] Amérique septentrionale
Leptura limbata [73: 31; pl. 2, fig. 20] Europe
Leptura notata [73: 11; pl. 1, fig. 11] Europe
Leptura vagans [73: 31; pl. 4, fig. 46] Amérique septentrionale
Leptura velutina [73: 18; pl. 3, fig. 32] Amérique septentrionale
Leptura vittata [73: 30; pl. 4, fig. 45] Canada
Leptura zebra [73: 19; pl. 3, fig. 33] Amérique septentrionale
Necydalis abdominalis [74: 8; pl. 1, fig. 5] Cayenne
Necydalis analis [74: 7; pl. 1, fig. 4] [Locality not indicated]
Necydalis fasciata [74: 10; pl. 1, fig. 9] Amérique méridionale
Necydalis nigricornis [74: 10; pl. 1, fig. 8] Surinam
Necydalis sanguinicollis [74: 9; pl. 1, fig. 7] Amérique septentrionale
Cucujus americanus [74bis: 7; pl. 7, fig. a.b.] Cayenne
Cucujus ater [74bis: 9; pl. 1, fig. 10.a.b.] Europe
Donacia caerulea [75: 10; pl. 2, fig. 10] Caroline
Donacia palmata [75: 8; pl. 1, fig. 7] Amérique septentrionale
Clerus leucopsideus [76: 8; pl. 1, fig. 6] Catalogne
Clerus quadriguttatus [76: 18; pl. 2, fig. 23] Caroline
Clerus scabrosus [76: 16; pl. 2, fig. 19] Afrique équinoxiale
Clerus thoracicus [76: 18; pl. 2, fig. 22] Caroline
Clerus umbellatarum [76: 5; pl. 1, fig. 2] Barbarie
Bostrichus bidentatus [77: 16; pl. 3, fig. 20] Syrie
Bostrichus lineatus [77: 18; pl. 3, fig. 23] Europe
Bostrichus longicornis [77: 15; pl. 3, fig. 18] Saint-Domingue
Bostrichus rufipes [77: 17; pl. 3, fig. 21] Paris
Bostrichus rugosus [77: 18; pl. 3, fig. 24] Amérique septentrionale
Bostrichus trispinosus [77: 16; pl. 3, fig. 19] Mésopotamie
Scolytus destructor [78: 5; pl. 1, fig. 4] Europe
Scolytus frontalis [78: 13; pl. 2, fig. 20] Amérique septentrionale
Scolytus impressus [78: 12; pl. 2, fig. 19] Paris
Scolytus pusillus [78: 14; pl. 2, fig. 23] Paris
Scolytus quadridentatus [78: 5; pl. 1, fig. 3] Amérique septentrionale
Scolytus retusus [78: 10; pl. 2, fig. 14] Paris
Scolytus sexdentatus [78: 11; pl. 2, fig. 15] Paris
Scolytus spinosus [78: 9; pl. 2, fig. 11] Java
Scolytus terebrans [78: 7; pl. 1, fig. 6] Amérique septentrionale
Scolytus varius [78: 11; pl. 2, fig. 17] France
Bruchus biguttatus [79: 20; pl. 3, fig. 27] France, îles de l’Archipel
Bruchus bimaculatus [79: 18; pl. 3, fig. 22] France
Bruchus coryphae [79: 16; pl. 2, fig. 18] Amérique septentrionale
Bruchus fasciatus [79: 20; pl. 3, fig. 25] environs de Paris
Bruchus hibiscus [79: 21; pl. 3, fig. 28] Amérique septentrionale
Bruchus irroratus [79: 21; pl. 3, fig. 29] Java
Bruchus nebulosus [79: 20; pl. 3, fig. 26] France
Bruchus quinqueguttatus [79: 15; pl. 2, fig. 16] Barbarie, aux îles de l’Archipel, sur les Cistes
Bruchus tragacanthae [79: 15; pl. 2, fig. 17] Perse
Bruchus unicolor [79: 17; pl. 2, fig. 20] Europe
Bruchus varius [79: 18; pl. 3, fig. 23] Europe
Bruchus viciae [79: 12; pl. 2, fig. 11] midi de la France
Macrocephalus bidens [80: 13; pl. 2, fig. 18] Saint-Domingue
Macrocephalus bimaculatus [80: 14; pl. 2, fig. 19] Géorgie
Macrocephalus cinereus [80: 4; pl. 1, fig. 2] Indes-Orientales
Macrocephalus fasciatus [80: 9; pl. 1, fig. 9] Amérique septentrionale, à la Géorgie
Macrocephalus fuliginosus [80: 11; pl. 2, fig. 13] Indes-Orientales
Macrocephalus lugubris [80: 13; pl. 2, fig. 17] Géorgie
Macrocephalus maculatus [80: 11; pl. 2, fig. 14] Indes-Orientales
Macrocephalus marmoreus [80: 12; pl. 2, fig. 16] Géorgie, en Caroline
Macrocephalus murinus [80: 12; pl. 2, fig. 15] Indes-Orientales
Macrocephalus nebulosus [80: 5; pl. 1, fig. 3] Cayenne
Macrocephalus transversus [80: 10; pl. 1, fig. 12] Indes-Orientales
Macrocephalus tuberculatus [80: 10; pl. 1, fig. 11] Afrique
Macrocephalus variegatus [80: 4; pl. 1, fig. 1] [Locality not indicated]
Macrocephalus verrucosus [80: 6; pl. 1, fig. 5] [Locality not indicated]
It is ironic that Latreille proposed the generic name for the insect [Necrobia ruficollis (Fabricius)] that saved his life a few years prior when he was jailed as a non-jurist priest waiting for deportation (see
The copy on Biodiversity Heritage Library has handwritten specific names added subsequently.