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Category : Insects
Languages : en
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Nomina Insecta Nearctica: Diptera, Lepidoptera, Siphonaptera
Author: Nomina Insecta Nearctica: Hymenoptera, Mecoptera, Megaloptera, Neuroptera, Raphidioptera, Trichoptera
Author: Robert W. PoolePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 816
Book Description
Nomina Insecta Nearctica: Diptera, Lepidoptera, Siphonaptera
Author: Robert W. PoolePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 1160
Book Description
Nomina Insecta Nearctica: Non-holometabolous orders
Author: Nomina Insecta Nearctica
Author: Insect Biodiversity
Author: Robert G. FoottitPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 9781444308228
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
Insect Biodiversity: Science and Society brings togetherleading scientific experts to assess the impact insects have onhumankind and the earth’s fragile ecosystems. It examines whyinsect biodiversity matters and how the rapid evolution of insectspecies is affecting us all. Insects and related arthropods make up more than 50 percent ofthe known animal diversity globally, yet a lack of knowledge aboutinsects is hindering the advance of science and society. This bookexplores the wide variety in type and number of insect species andtheir evolutionary relationships. Case studies offer assessments onhow insect biodiversity can help meet the needs of a rapidlyexpanding human population, and also examine the consequences thatan increased loss of insect species will have on the world. The book concludes that a better understanding of the biologyand ecology of insects is the only way to sustainably manageecosystems in an ever changing global environment.
Annotated Check List of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America North of Mexico
Author: B. Christian SchmidtPublisher: PenSoft Publishers LTD
ISBN: 9546425354
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
This annotated list arranges the 3693 species of Noctuoidea known from North America into six families (Doidae, Notodontidae, Erebidae, Euteliidae, Nolidae, Noctuidae) and further arranges these into subfamilies, tribes, and subtribes, based on the most recent phylogenetic information. All changes from the previous list in 1983 are documented in 716 taxonomic notes and 331 literature references. These changes include documentation for 367 new species that have been described since the 1983 list, 230 species added through new records or taxonomic changes, and 259 species that are removed or synonymized. A total of 166 taxonomic changes are proposed in the list.
Biology of Snail-Killing Sciomyzidae Flies
Author: Lloyd KnutsonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521867851
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 531
Book Description
Written for academic researchers and graduate students in entomology, this is the first comprehensive analysis of Sciomyzid flies. Sciomyzid flies are important as prime candidates for the biological control of snails and slugs that help transmit diseases such as schistosomiasis or are important agricultural pests. They also serve as a paradigm for the study of the evolution of feeding behavior in predatory insects. Starting with analyses of malacophagy in general and then in Diptera specifically, all important aspects of the Sciomyzidae are discussed, including behavior, ecology, life cycles, morphology, and identification. New behavioral and morphological classifications and hypotheses are proposed on the basis of unpublished information and a complete analysis of the extensive literature. Also included are keys to adults, larvae and puparia and a checklist of world species, with information on geographical range and the location of type specimens. The accompanying DVD includes Clifford O. Berg's classic film on the biology of Sciomyzidae and biological control of snails.
Contributions to the systematics of New World macro-moths IV
Author: B. Christian SchmidtPublisher: PenSoft Publishers LTD
ISBN: 9546426679
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
This special issue of ZooKeys marks the fourth volume in a series on New World macro-moth systematics. Twenty-two authors contributed 12 manuscripts for this volume, covering taxa in the Crambidae, Erebidae, Euteliidae, Geometridae, Noctuidae, and Notodontidae. New taxa are described from 26 countries, with emphasis on the Neotropical region. Taxonomic changes include the description of 27 new species and two new subspecies, eight new or revised synonyms, two revised statuses, and one new generic combination.
Contributions to the Systematics of New World Macro-moths III
Author: Bjorn Christian SchmidtPublisher: PenSoft Publishers LTD
ISBN: 9546426180
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 169
Book Description
This special issue of ZooKeys is the third volume in a series on the systematics of New World macro- moths. Fourteen authors have contributed 13 manuscripts for thisÿ volume, covering taxa in the Noctuidae, Erebidae, Notodontidae, Geometridae and Crambidae. New taxa are described from Argentina, Bolivia, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Peru and United States. Taxonomic changes include the description of two new genera, seven new species, and a new subspecies. Also, 45 new or revised synonyms, six new or revised statuses, and 20 new or revised generic combinations are proposed.
