An Introduction to the Aquatic Insects of North AmericaRichard W. Merritt, Kenneth W. Cummins A guide to the aquatic insects of North America, for students of aquatic entomology and ecology. Contains chapters on morphology, design of insect studies, habitat, ecology and distribution, and phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary adaptations. The bulk of the book offers keys to various families of insects, illustrated with bandw drawings. This third edition contains generic keys for each order, additional bandw illustrations, and new material on phylogeny, respiration, life history, behavior, and sampling, with a new chapter on the use of aquatic insects in biomonitoring. Spiral wire binding. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
Contents
General Morphology of Aquatic Insects 5 by J C Morse and R W Holzenthal | 2 |
Aquatic Insect Respiration | 29 |
Habitat Life History and Behavioral | 41 |
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An Introduction to the Aquatic Insects of North America Richard W. Merritt,Kenneth W. Cummins Limited preview - 1996 |
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abdominal segment absent adult Anal lobes antenna antennal segment apex apical aquatic insects basal Burrowers caddisflies cell cercus Chironomidae claw climbers Coleoptera Collectors-gatherers coxae crossveins depositional detritus Diptera distal Dorsal view drophytes Ecological eggs Elmidae elongate Ephemeroptera Ephydridae epiproct female Figure filaments fore wing freshwater fringe genera genus gills habitats head capsule Hemiptera hind wing hook Hydrophilidae hydrophytes instar labium larvae Lateral view legs length lentic Lentic-littoral lobes and segment Lotic Lotic erosional Lotic-depositional male mandible maxillary mayflies median Mentum North American Odonata pair Plecoptera posterior margin Predators engulfers Predators piercers present prolegs pronotum pupa pupal R₁ respiratory sampler sclerite scrapers segment Fig semiaquatic setae setae Fig Shredders Simuliidae species spiracles spiracular Sprawlers sternum streams surface suture taxa teeth Fig terga tergites tergum terminal Thoracic horn tibia tooth Trichoptera trophic relationships tubercles univoltine univoltine lotic usually vein ventral view view of head Widespread