@inbook {1447,
	title = {Combien y a-t-il d{\textquoteright}esp{\`e}ces de col{\'e}opt{\`e}res en Guyane ? Une premi{\`e}re analyse du r{\'e}f{\'e}rentiel TAXREF},
	booktitle = {Contribution {\`a} l{\textquoteright}{\'e}tude des Col{\'e}opt{\`e}res de Guyane},
	volume = {VIII},
	year = {2014},
	pages = {3-18},
	publisher = {ACOREP-France},
	organization = {ACOREP-France},
	address = {Paris},
	abstract = {This paper analyzes the Coleoptera part of the first global checklist of insects from French Guiana, up to the end of 2013, published online in the French species database TAXREF (http://inpn.mnhn.fr). We describe the level of knowledge by family, the pace of description and compare it with other insect Orders. We also focus on characterizing the patterns in the taxonomical work currently concerning this beetles fauna.
Excluding erroneous or dubious records, 5 830 species of Coleoptera are reported in 1852 genera belonging to 71 families. Currently at least 28\% of the species are only known from French Guiana or from the Guiana shield region. Since Linn{\'e}, the average rate of description has been of 23 species per year, but it has been increasing recently, reaching 84 species on average these last five years. Based on a sample of recent taxonomic and faunistic articles covering 625 added species for French Guiana, 47\% came from new country records and 53\% from the description of new species. The rate of faunistic progress (new species or new records) is of about 150 species per year (84 new species + 66 new country records) during the last five years. More than 65\% of these faunal novelties came from non-professional entomologists and 73\% of the holotypes of new species were collected by amateur entomologists. A rough extrapolation of the potential number of species using two independent methods yields a likely estimate of 28 000 to 29 000 species (overall between 20 000 and 39 000). Therefore, between 70 and 80\% of the species remains to be recorded and, in a best-case scenario, at least 100 years would be needed to achieve a complete biotic survey. Although no family is exhaustively inventoried, the most popular ones are the best studied (Longhorns, Scarabs and Tiger beetles). The most in need of study are the largest families that have fewer taxonomists focusing on them (e.g. Curculionidae, Chrysomelidae and Staphylinidae) and the numerous small families which received no particular attention. These results and the fundamental role played by non-professional entomologists in collecting and describing species are discussed to explain why, unlike the general worldwide trend, there is no decline in beetles taxonomy concerning French Guiana.
},
	keywords = {biodiversity, Coleoptera, descriptive taxonomy, endemism, Fauna, Guiana Shield, Insecta, invasive species, Linnean shortfall, neotropics, Regional checklist, species database, taxonomic diversity, taxonomic effort},
	author = {Touroult, Julien and Boucher, St{\'e}phane and Asenjo, Anjelico and Ballerio, Alberto and Batista dos Santos, Paula and Boilly, Olivier and Chassain, Jacques and Cline, Andrew and Constantin, Robert and Dalens, Pierre-Henri and Degallier, Nicolas and Dheurle, Charles and Erwin, Terry and Feer, Fran{\c c}ois and Fediuk de Castroguedes, Camila and Flechtmann, Carlos and Gonzales, David and Gustafson, Grey T and Herrmann, Andreas and Jameson, Mary-Liz and Leblanc, Pascal and Lohez, Daniel and Mantilleri, Antoine and Massuti de Almeida, Lucia and Moron Rios, Miguel Angel and Paulmier, Ivan and Ponchel, Yannig and Queney, Pierre and Rojkoff, S{\'e}bastien and Rheinheimer, Joachim and Ribeiro Costa, Cibele and Wachtel, Franz and Witt{\'e}, Isabelle and Br{\^u}l{\'e}, St{\'e}phane}
}
@article {519,
	title = {Impact of the Little Fire Ant, Wasmannia auropunctata, on Native Forest Ants in Gabon1},
	journal = {Biotropica},
	volume = {38},
	year = {2006},
	pages = {666-673},
	abstract = {The Neotropical little fire ant, Wasmannia auropunctata, is notorious for its negative impacts on the native biota of tropical islands, such as the Galapagos and New Caledonia, where it has been introduced.Here, I evaluate the impact of exoticW. auropunctata populations on continental Africa. I surveyed ants at nine sites in Lop{\textasciiacute} National Park in Gabon, Central Africa, and found a highly significant correlation between ant diversity and length of infestation byW. auropunctata.Ifoundmany e more native ant species present in areas not infested with W. auropunctata (39.0 {\textpm} 4.6) compared with areas infested by W. auropunctata for approximately 5{\textendash}10 yr (7.0 {\textpm} 6.2 and 1.7 {\textpm} 1.2, respectively). In infested areas, W. auropunctata made up the bulk of specimens collected in every plot. This study demonstrates that the threat posed by W. auropunctata to biodiversity is as serious in continental ecosystems as it is in the more fragile island ecosystems of previous studies. Introductions near waterways are particularly devastating: in Lop{\'e}, the infested territory is most extensive along waterways and occurs in a pattern that strongly suggest moving water facilitates colonization.},
	keywords = {biodiversity, congo basin, equatorial africa, exotic ants, gabon, invasive species, wasmannia auropunctata},
	author = {Walker, Kendra L.}
}
@article {355,
	title = {Stantonia pallida (Ashmead)(Hymenoptera: Braconidae) Reared from Neomusotima conspurcatalis Warren (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), a Classical Biological Control Agent of Lygodium microphyllum (Cav.) R. Br.(Polypodiales: Lygodiaceae)},
	journal = {Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington},
	volume = {112},
	year = {2010},
	pages = {61-68},
	publisher = {BioOne},
	abstract = {Stantonia pallida (Ashmead) sensu Braet and Quicke (2004) is reported from Neomusotima conspurcatalis Warren (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), a classical biological control agent of Lygodium microphyllum (Cav.) R. Br. (Polypodiales: Lygodiaceae) in Florida. It is the first reported parasitoid of N. conspurcatalis. One undetermined species each of Cotesia Cameron, Glyptapan- teles Ashmead, and Rhygoplitis Mason (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) are likely parasitoids of N. conspurcatalis but need to be confirmed through rearing from host larvae isolated individually. The use of S. pallida, under the name Stantonia lamprosemae Muesebeck, for control of Diaphania hyalinata (Linnaeus) and Diaphania nitidalis (Stoll) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in Florida is reviewed and used to illustrate the importance of systematics and natural history collections to classical biological control. The potential effects of these parasitoids on control of L. microphyllum in Florida are discussed.},
	keywords = {cotesia, Glyptapanteles, host record, invasive species, melonworm, Microgastrinae, nontarget effects, Old World climbing fern, Omiodes indicata, Orgilinae, pickleworm, Rhygoplitis, soybean leaffolder},
	author = {Kula, R.R. and Boughton, A.J. and Pemberton, R.W.}
}
