APOLLO BOOKS

Fjärilar: Dagfjärilar / Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera. By C. U. Eliasson et al. 2005. 28 x 23 cm. 407 pages. Illustrated throughout in colour. Hardback. ISBN 91-88506-51-7.  Price excl. postage  € 54.00 / US$ 72.00 / DKK 360.00. This very beautiful book on the butterflies of North Europe (Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway & Iceland) is the first volume of this new series. All species are illustrated with extremely good water colours. To each species a distribution map and summary in English.
Mångfotingar / Myriapoda. By G. Andersson et al. 2005. 28 x 23 cm. 351 pages. Illustrated throughout in colour.  Hardback. ISBN 91-88506-53-3. Price excl. postage  € 54.00 / US$ 72.00 / DKK 360.00. Contains all what is worth knowing about Myriapoda (Chilopoda, Diplopoda, Pauropoda, Symphyla) from North Europe. Lavishly illustrated with water colours, line drawings and distribution maps. With illustrated keys. English summary to each species.
Bladmossor: Sköldmossor - blåmossor / Bryophyta: Buxbaumia - Leucobryum. By T. Hallingbäck et al. 2006. 28 x 23 cm. 416 pages. Illustrated throughout in colour with excellent water colours and photographs.  To each species a distribution map and an English summary. ISBN 91-88506-55-X.   Price excl. postage  € 54,00 / US$ 72.00 / DKK 360.00. This volume covers 262 species from Buxbaumia to Leucobryum. Each species is described in detail and very well illustrated with more than 1.000 water colours and photographs. Some of the species have never before been illustrated in colour.
Fjärilar: Ädelspinnare - tofsspinnare / Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae - Lymantriidae. By N. Hydén. 2006. 28 x 23 cm. 480 pages. Illustrated throughout in colour. ISBN 91-88506-58-4.  Price excl. postage  € 54.00 / US$ 72.00 / DKK 360.00 This volume covers 144 species of the families Lasiocampidae, Endromidae, Saturniidae, Lemoniidae, Sphingidae, Notodontidae, Nolidae, Arctiidae and Lymantriidae. It may be new to many moths enthusiasts, that Nolidae now also include the genera Nycteola, Bena, Pseudoips and Earias. The colour illustrations of the adult moths are the best ever published on this planet! A marvelous book at a very moderate price!
Skalbaggar: Långhorningar / Coleoptera: Cerambycidae. By B. Ehnström. 2007. 28 x 23 cm. 302 pages. Illustrated throughout in colour. ISNB 978-91-88506-62-7  Price excl. postage  € 54.00 / US$ 72.00 / DKK 360,00 Covers about 130 species of longhorn beetles know from Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denmark.
Fjärilar: Käkmalar - säckspinnare / Lepidoptera : Micropterigidae - Psychidae. By B. A. Bengtsson & G. Palmqvist. 2008. 28 x 23 cm. 646 pages. Illustrated throughout in colour. ISBN 978-91-88506-60-3  Price excl. postage   € 54.00 / US$ 72.00 / DKK 360.00 Covers 250 species of the families Micropterigidae, Eriocraniidae, Hepialidae, Opostegidae, Nepticulidae, Heliozelidaae, Adelidae, Incurvariidae, Prodoxidae, Tischeriidae, Tineidae, Lypusidae and Psychidae. The colour illustrations are of the same outstanding quality as in the previous Lepidoptera volumes.
Bladmossor: Kompaktmossor - kapmossor /  Bryophyta: Anoectangium - Orthodontium.  By T. Hallingbäck et al.   2008. 504 pages. Illustrated throughout in colour. ISBN 978-91-88506-64-1  Price excl. postage  € 54.00 / US$ 72.00 / DKK 360.00 Covers about 300 species of this group. The illustrations will be similar to those in the first Bryophyta volume.
Diptera: Syrphidae / Tvåvingar: Blomflugor, part 1. By H. Bartsch. 2009. 406 pages. Illustrated throughout in colour. ISBN 978-91-88506-66-5.  Price excl. postage  € 54.00 / US$ 72.00 / DKK 360.00 Includes 169 species.
Diptera: Syrphidae / Tvåvingar: Blomflugor, part 2. By H. Bartsch. 2009. 478 pages. Illustrated throughout in colour. ISBN 978-91-88506-70-2.  Price excl. postage  € 54.00 / US$ 72.00 / DKK 360.00 Includes approx. 230 species.
Psocoptera / Stövsländor. By B. W. Svensson. Publication Mid 2010. Approx. 220 pages. Illustrated throughout in colour. ISBN not yet known. Price excl. postage  € 54.00 / US$ 72.00 / DKK 360.00 About 80 species.
Sipuncula & Nemertea / Stjärnmaskar & slemmaskar. By M. Strand & P. Sundberg. Publication late 2010. Approx. 200 pages. Illustrated throughout in colour. ISBN not yet known. Price excl. postage  € 54.00 / US$ 72.00 / DKK 360.00 Includes approx. 80 species.

This series is the most ambitious natural history book project ever launched and will treat all known species of animals and plants from Sweden. Until further the volumes will also treat species from Finland, Denmark, Norway and Iceland. At the moment somewhat less than 60,000 species of organisms are known, from which more than half are insects. The series is planned to be published in about 120 volumes over the coming 20-25 years. Each volume is authored by leading experts, and the series is published with heavy subsidies from the Swedish parliament over the whole publishing period. This is the reason why the volumes can be sold at very moderate prices.

The 50,000 species which can be identified without highly advanced equipment will be described in detail, including information on distribution and biology. For most of them, distribution maps as well as illustrations e.g. watercolours will also be provided. The groups containing the remaining 10,000 species will be presented down to a suitable taxonomic level (e.g. families), with the species presented as checklists.The text is in Swedish, but for each species, key facts (summary) will be given in English. The many high quality illustrations, distribution maps and illustrated identification keys in both Swedish and English makes the series valuable for an international audience. For many insect groups, hardly any European identification literature is available, and therefore this Encyclopedia should especially be most important for anyone with an interest in European insects.

A great number of authors are needed to complete The Encyclopedia of Swedens Flora and Fauna. Texts will written by senior scientists and other species experts. Several species groups will often be included in one volume. If an author is not a professional taxonomist, he or she will co-operate with either domestic or international taxonomic experts.

Apollo Books are proud to be appointed as sole distributor outside Sweden for this unique book series. Each volume can of course be purchased separately as well as we can offer various subscriptions: For subscriptions to the whole series 15% discount off the ordinary prices. Further we offer subscriptions with 10% discount on each of the following seven groups: Coleoptera - Diptera - Hemiptera - Hymenoptera - Lepidoptera - Myriapoda & Arachnida - Vertebrates - Vascular plants, fungi, mosses, lichens & algae.

From 2007, 4 volumes are expected to be published each year until the series is completed. At the moment the following volumes are in preparation: Diptera: Syrphidae, 400 species. Bryophyta: Acaulon - Orthodontium, 250 species. Tachinidae, 400 species. Echinodermata & Hemichordata, 80 species. Basidiemycota: Cortinariaceae: Cortinarius, 320 species. Malacostraca except Amphipoda 1, 300 species. Cortinariaceae except Cortinarius, 400 species. Myxomycetes, 200 species. Aculeata: Apidae, 300 species. Coleoptera: Cerambycidae, 120 species. Tunicata: Chondrichthyes, 80 species. Coleoptera: Carabidae, 400 species. Aculeata: Formicidae & Vespidae, 300 species. Annelida: Polychaeta 1, 350 species. Psocoptera. Osteichthyes, 230 species.

Please note, that the volumes in this series are very large and heavy compared to their price. Therefore the postage for these volumes may seem high and may in some cases exceed the price of the book. But before you complain about the postage, please remember that it is the book that is very low priced; the postage is equivalent to the gross weight of the parcel.

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