UID:
almafu_9960962409702883
Format:
1 online resource.
ISBN:
90-474-1680-5
Series Statement:
Fauna Malesiana Handbooks ; 5
Content:
This volume deals with the Heteroptera aquatica, or water bugs, known from Malesia, a region holding almost 1000 species belonging to seventeen families. The book includes keys to all families and genera, and provides information on their taxonomy, morphology, biology, distribution and economic importance. A checklist of the species recorded from Malesia and nearby areas, with references to original descriptions of all taxa, is included. The book is illustrated by more than 500 drawings and 35 distribution maps. A glossary explains the technical terms is employed. An extensive list of references will enable readers to trace all pertinent taxonomic literature published up to the end of 2003.
Note:
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- Malesia -- About this book -- History of research in South-east Asia -- 2 Introducing Nepomorpha and Gerromorpha -- Morphology -- Adaptations to aquatic life -- Economic importance of aquatic bugs -- Collecting and preservation -- 3 Taxonomy, phylogeny and distribution -- Taxonomy above family level -- Phylogeny -- Distribution -- 4 Families and genera of Malesian bugs -- Key for recognition of Gerromorpha and Nepomorpha within Hemiptera -- Key to Indo-Australian families of Nepomorpha -- Key to Indo-Australian families of Gerromorpha -- Family Nepidae - waterscorpions -- Family Belostomatidae - giant water bugs -- Family Ochteridae - velvety shore bugs -- Family Gelastocoridae - toad bugs -- Family Aphelocheiridae- benthic water bugs -- Family Naucoridae - creeping water bugs -- Family Corixidae - water boatmen -- Family Micronectidae - pygmy water boatmen -- Family Notonectidae - backswimmers -- Family Helotrephidae - hemispherical backswimmers -- Family Pleidae - pygmy backswimmers -- Family Mesoveliidae - water treaders -- Family Hebridae - velvet water bugs -- Family Hydrometridae - marsh treaders or water measurers -- Family Hermatobatidae - coral treaders -- Family Veliidae - small waterstriders or watercrickets -- Family Gerridae - pond skaters or waterstriders -- 5 Checklist of Malesian species of Nepomorpha and Gerromorpha -- Glossary -- References -- Maps -- Appendix -- Index.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 90-04-14768-3
Language:
English
