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Handbook of Zoology/ Handbuch der Zoologie

A Natural History of the Phyla of the Animal Kingdom / Eine Naturgeschichte der Stämme des Tierreiches

Founded by Kükenthal, Willy

Handbook of Zoology

Arthropoda: Insecta: Coleoptera

Volume 3: Morphology and Systematics (Phytophaga)

Ed. by Leschen, Richard A.B. / Beutel, Rolf G.

With contrib. by Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A. / Anderson, Robert / Bartolozzi, Luca / Bezdek, Jan / Borowiec, Lech / Caldara, Roberto / Chamorro-Lacayo, Lourdes / Colonnelli, Enzo / Ferrer, María Silvia / Franz, Nico M. / Hespenheide, Henry / Jolivet, Pierre / Jordal, Bjarte / Konstantinov, Alexander / Lanteri, Analía / Lawrence, John F. / Lyal, Chris / Marvaldi, Adriana / McKenna, Duane / Meregalli, Massimo / Mermudes, Jose Ricardo / Morse, Geoff / Nadein, Konstantin / Oberprieler, Rolf / Prena, Jens / Reid, Chris A.M. / Riedel, Alexander / Sforzi, Alessandra / Skuhrovec, Jiri / Slipinski, Adam / Svacha, Petr / Swietojanska, Jolanta / Vencl, Fred V. / Verma, Krishna Kumar / Wanat, Marek

    • The largest and most diverse suborder of beetles.
    • Comprehensive handbook.
    • Newest systematic insights on this fascinating suborder.
    • Morphological characteristics represented in numerous detailed illustrations and SEM photographs.

    Aims and Scope

    This book is the third volume in the Handbook of Zoology series which treats the systematics and biology of Coleoptera. With approximately 350,000 described species, Coleoptera are by far the most species-rich order of insects and the largest group of animals of comparable geological age. This third Coleoptera volume completes the Morphology and Systematics volumes with 43 chapters and covers one of the largest radiations of beetles, the mainly plant-feeding Phytophaga, with information on world distribution, biology, morphology of all life stages (including anatomy), phylogeny and comments on taxonomy.

    Supplementary Information

    Approx. xv, 550 pages
    Language:
    English
    Type of Publication:
    Specialist Text
    Keywords:
    Coleoptera; Systematics; Morphology
    Readership:
    Natural history museums, University libraries, Zoological institutes, Associations, Entomological societies, Collectors

    Rolf G. Beutel, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany; Richard A.B. Leschen, New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Land Care Research, Auckland, New Zealand; Niels P. Kristensen , Zoological Museum of the University Copenhagen, Denmark.

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