Barragan A. R. auteur aut IRD Dangles Olivier auteur aut IRD Cardenas R. E. auteur aut IRD Onore G. auteur aut IRD text journalArticle eng text/pdf reformatted digital access This work is not intended to be a complete review of all publications about entomology in Ecuador. It compiles the history of entomology in Ecuador in a chronological order. It first provides observations about the influence of pre-Columbian cultures and the cultural heritage of indigenous populations. It then presents the contribution of the Spanish conquest and colonization chroniclers, the specialists that described American species during the Renaissance period and the great scientific expeditions. Finally the birth of Ecuadorian entomology as a science is described with the creation of institutes for applied research and the Ecuadorian museums of entomology. specialized Pre-columbian Conquest of America The great expeditions The beginning of the 20th century 112 116 45 4 410-423 2009 0037-9271 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010049430 10.1080/00379271.2009.10697626 0037-9271 [F A010050088] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010049430 https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/divers12-09/010049430.pdf IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 2010-05-03 2023-03-03 fdi:010049430 fre