Bibliographie: Atlas international de l'Ouest africain

Summary

This is an academic review of the first issue of the International Atlas of West Africa, published by IFAN. The atlas covers 18 countries and includes eight maps on topics such as Africa's physical geography, major climatic elements, zoogeography, and administrative divisions, each accompanied by bilingual French-English texts. The review highlights the climate and zoogeography plates as particularly relevant to entomologists, noting their detailed presentation of annual and monthly precipitation, temperature, humidity, and wind data. In the zoogeography section, vertebrates—especially birds—receive primary attention, while four insect groups (Pimeliinae beetles, Colotis and Bicyclus butterflies, and Catantops grasshoppers) are used as examples. The author concludes that this atlas is a rich documentary resource and an invaluable working tool for both taxonomic and ecological entomologists.