@article{fdi:010065578,
  title = {{C}ombien y a-t-il d'esp{\`e}ces de col{\'e}opt{\`e}res en {G}uyane ? : une premi{\`e}re analyse du r{\'e}f{\'e}rentiel {TAXREF}},
  author = {{T}ouroult, {J}. and {B}oucher, {S}. and {A}senjo, {A}. and {B}allerio, {A}. and {B}atista dos {S}antos, {P}. and {B}oilly, {O}. and {C}hassain, {J}. and {C}line, {A}. and {C}onstantin, {R}. and {D}alens, {P}.{H}. and {D}egallier, {N}icolas and et al.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{FRE}},
  abstract = {{T}his paper analyzes the {C}oleoptera part of the first global checklist of insects from {F}rench {G}uiana, up to the end of 2013, published online in the {F}rench species database {TAXREF} (http://inpn.mnhn.fr). {W}e describe the level of knowledge by family, the pace of description and compare it with other insect {O}rders. {W}e also focus on characterizing the patterns in the taxonomical work currently concerning this beetles fauna. {E}xcluding erroneous or dubious records, 5 830 species of {C}oleoptera are reported in 1852 genera belonging to 71 families. {C}urrently at least 28% of the species are only known from {F}rench {G}uiana or from the {G}uiana shield region. {S}ince {L}inn{\'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. {B}ased on a sample of recent taxonomic and faunistic articles covering 625 added species for {F}rench {G}uiana, 47% came from new country records and 53% from the description of new species. {T}he 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. {M}ore 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). {T}herefore, 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. {A}lthough no family is exhaustively inventoried, the most popular ones are the best studied ({L}onghorns, {S}carabs and {T}iger beetles). {T}he most in need of study are the largest families that have fewer taxonomists focusing on them (e.g. {C}urculionidae, {C}hrysomelidae and {S}taphylinidae) and the numerous small families which received no particular attention. {T}hese 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 {F}rench {G}uiana.},
  keywords = {{TAXONOMIE} ; {INVENTAIRE} {FAUNISTIQUE} ; {REGION} {NEOTROPICALE} ; {ESPECE} {ENDEMIQUE} ; {INVASION} ; {BASE} {DE} {DONNEES} ; {BIODIVERSITE} ; {GUYANE} {FRANCAISE}},
  booktitle = {{C}ontribution {\`a} l'{\'e}tude des col{\'e}opt{\`e}res de {G}uyane : tome 8},
  journal = {{L}e {C}ol{\'e}opt{\'e}riste},
  volume = {4},
  numero = {suppl.},
  pages = {3--18},
  ISSN = {0751-0284},
  year = {2014},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010065578},
}