Insects of Australia

Publisher:
Cornell University Press Vol 1
ISBN-10 : 0801426707
ISBN-13 : 978-0801426704

Originally published in 1991, Insects of Australia was acclaimed worldwide as one of the best general textbooks of entomology ever written.
Winner of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales Whitley Medal 1992

Insects of Australia Volume 1

"Entomologists from around the world use these books as their prime reference for adult insects from many continents." Rudolf Meier, Systematic Biology, Dec 1993.

Makes Volumes 1 and 2 of the highly regarded second edition of Insects of Australia (1991).
Includes 42 chapters written by leading specialists in each field, including over 70 CSIRO scientists
Contains illustrations, photographs and colour plates
Addresses 661 families and 85 920 species, reflecting the best taxonomic knowledge at the time of publication.

VOLUME 1

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Skeletal anatomy and key to orders
2 General anatomy and function
3 General biology
4 Principles and practice of systematics
5 Phylogeny of extant hexapods
6 Fossil history and the evolution of hexapod structures
7 Biogeography
8 Biographical history
9 Insects and humans in Australia
10 Australian insects in scientific research
11 Collembola
12 Protura
COLOUR PLATES
13 Diplura
14 Archaeognatha (Microcoryphia)
15 Thysanura (Zygentoma)
16 Ephemeroptera
17 Odonata
18 Plecoptera
19 Blattodea
20 Isoptera
21 Mantodea
22 Grylloblattodea
23 Dermaptera
24 Orthoptera
25 Phasmatodea
26 Embioptera (Embiidina)
27 Zoraptera
28 Psocoptera
29 Phthiraptera
30 Hemiptera
31 Thysanoptera
32 Megaloptera
33 Raphidioptera
34 Neuroptera

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VOLUME 2

35 Coleoptera
36 Strepsiptera
37 Mecoptera
38 Siphonaptera
39 Diptera
40 Trichoptera
41 Lepidoptera
42 Hymenoptera

References
Index

Publisher:
Cornell University Press Vol 2
ISBN-10 : 0522844545
ISBN-13 : 978-0522844542