UID:
almafu_9958354388402883
Format:
1 online resource (701p.)
Edition:
2nd ed.
ISBN:
9783110373929
Series Statement:
Coleoptera ; Volume 1
Content:
This book is a revised edition of the first of three volumes in the Handbook of Zoology series which treats the systematics and biology of Coleoptera. With over 380,000 described species, Coleoptera are by far the most species-rich order of insects and the largest group of animals of comparable geological age. This first Coleoptera volume covers the suborders Archostemata, Myxophaga and Adephaga, and the basal series of Polyphaga.
Note:
Frontmatter --
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Editors’ preface to the 2nd edition of Volume 1 --
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Editors’ preface to the 1st edition of Volume 1 --
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Contents --
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Contributors --
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1. Systematic position, basal branching pattern and early evolution --
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2. Classification (families & subfamilies) --
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3. Molecular systematics of Coleoptera --
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4. Coleoptera, morphology --
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5. Archostemata Kolbe, 1908 --
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6. Myxophaga Crowson, 1955 --
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7. Adephaga Schellenberg, 1806 --
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8. Polyphaga Emery, 1886 --
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9. Scirtiformia Fleming, 1821 --
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10. Scirtoidea Fleming, 1821 --
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11. Staphyliniformia Lameere, 1900 --
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12. Hydrophiloidea Latreille, 1802 --
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13. Histeroidea Gyllenhal, 1808 --
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14. Staphylinoidea Latreille, 1802 --
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15. Scarabaeoidea Latreille, 1802 --
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16. Elateriformia Crowson, 1960 --
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17. Dascilloidea Guérin-Méneville, 1843 --
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18. Buprestoidea Crowson, 1955 --
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19. Byrrhoidea Latreille, 1804 --
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Taxonomic index
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In English.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 978-3-11-024906-4
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9783110373929
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110373929
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110373929
