Smaller Orders of Insects of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador: Evolution, Ecology, and DiversityThis is a synthesis of both previously published information and abundant new data derived from field studies on Galagos insects. The dynamics and patterns of the evolution, ecology and distribution of the entire insect fauna are presented in general. The core of the book is an account of the 495 species of insects in the smaller orders with detailed information on their distribution and bionomics. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Information sources about Galápagos insects | 33 |
origin and arrival of the insect fauna | 45 |
evolution of the insect fauna | 69 |
distributional and ecological determinants of composition or structure of an insect fauna | 83 |
Springtails The Springtails | 101 |
Bristletails The Bristletails or Diplurans | 109 |
Orders Archeognatha and Thysanura Jumping Bristletails and Silverfish | 111 |
Order Odonata The Dragonflies and Damselflies | 115 |
Order Orthoptera The Grasshoppers Katydids and Crickets | 125 |
Order Mantodea The Praying Mantises | 143 |
Order Homoptera | 191 |
Order Hemiptera Heteroptera | 217 |
Order Strepsiptera | 275 |
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Smaller Orders of Insects of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador: Evolution ... Stewart B. Peck No preview available - 2001 |
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