American insects : a handbook of the insects of America north of Mexico / Ross H. Arnett, Jr.
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TextPublisher: Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, 2000Edition: 2nd edDescription: xvii, 1003 p. : illustrations, maps ; 28 cmISBN: 0849302129; 9780849302121; 1138423718; 9781138423718Subject(s): Insects -- United States -- Classification | Insects -- Canada -- Classification | Insecta -- classification | Insectes -- Etats-Unis -- Classification | Insectes -- Canada -- Classification | Insects -- Classification | Insectes -- Amerique du Nord | Insectes -- Etats-Unis -- Identification | Insectes -- Canada -- Identification | Canada | United StatesGenre/Form: Reference works. | Reference works.DDC classification: 595.70973 LOC classification: QL474 | .A76 2000Other classification: 42.75 Online resources: Publisher description | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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"First issued in hardback 2017"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references.
Part I. Introduction. General considerations -- Insect classification and systematics -- Identification features -- Insect ecology, behavior, and distribution -- Insect collecting -- The orders of insects -- Part II. The insect fauna of America, north of Mexico. Collembola (Springtails and allies) -- Protura (Proturans) -- Diplura (Diplurans) -- Archaeognatha (Bristletails) -- Zygentomaa (Silverfish and allies) -- Ephemeroptera (Mayflies) -- Odonata (Dragonflies and damselflies) -- Plecoptera (Stoneflies) -- Embioptera (Webspinners) -- Phasmatodea (Walkingsticks) -- Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, katydids, and crickets) -- Grylloblatodea (Rock crawlers) -- Dermaptera (Earwigs) -- Dictyoptera (Mantids and cockroaches) -- Isoptera (Termites) -- Zoraptera (Angel insects) -- Psocoptera (Barklice and booklice) -- Mallophaga (Biting lice) -- Anoplura (Sucking lice) -- Hemiptera (True bugs) -- Homoptera (Cicadas, hoppers, whiteflies, aphids, and scale insects) -- Thysanoptera (Thrips) -- Neuroptera (Dobsonflies, lacewings, antlions, and allies) -- Coleoptera (Beetles and weevils) -- Hymenoptera (Wasps, ants, and bees) -- Trichoptera (Caddisflies) -- Lepidoptera (Moths, skippers, and butterflies) -- Mecoptera (Scorpionflies and allies) -- Diptera (Flies and keds) -- Strepsiptera (Stylopids) -- Siphonaptera (Fleas).
Offering a complete accounting of the insects of North America, this handbook is an up-dated edition of the first handbook ever compiled in the history of American entomology. By using American Insects, A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico, Second Edition, readers can quickly determine the taxonomic position of any species, genus, or higher taxon of insect known to occur in America and Canada. Every order, family, and genus is conveniently numbered and indexed, making this volume the only complete single source for all of the names of orders, families, and genera currently available. This book fills the need for an accurate way to identify, with the several hundred drawings and photos, the common insects of all orders. Now there is a tool available to those working without a major collection and library; and those who would like to have a general knowledge of insect life without becoming overwhelmed by the vast number of minute insect species. This usable guide provides sizes, shapes, color patterns and salient features of some species of each major family by pointing out those groups most likely to be encountered, including all North America pests. - Publisher.
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