True Bugs of the World (Hemiptera:Heteroptera): Classification and Natural HistoryThis monumental reference work treats an entire worldwide order of insects. It summarizes, from both a biological and sytematic perspective, current knowledge on the Heteroptera, or true bugs, a group containing approximately 35,000 species, many of which are important to agriculture and public health. To introduce the reader to this group, Randall T. Schuh and James A. Slater offer chapters on the history of the study of the Heteroptera, research techniques, and sources of specimens. They also cover attributes of general biological interest, including habitats, habits, mimicry, and wing polymorphism; selected taxa of economic importance; and basic morphology.Presenting a current classification of the Heteroptera, the authors synthesize to the subfamily and sometimes tribal level the enormous, scattered literature, including diagnoses, keys, general natural history, a summary of distributions, and a listing of important faunistic works. In addition to a wealth of detailed illustrations, they provide a glossary to help the reader deal with the confusing terminology that has evolved over the years, as well as an extensive bibliography of more than 1350 entries.Meticulously prepared by two of the world's leading specialists, this major work will be the standard reference on the Heteroptera for many years to come. |
Contents
Chapter | 14 |
Chapter 5 | 20 |
Chapter 7 | 31 |
Chapter 9 | 38 |
Chapter 10 | 45 |
EUHETEROPTERA | 74 |
NEOHETEROPTERA | 84 |
Hebroidea | 90 |
Aradidae | 208 |
Termitaphididae | 214 |
Pentatomoidea Chapter 66 Acanthosomatidae | 215 |
Aphylidae | 218 |
Canopidae | 219 |
Cydnidae | 220 |
Dinidoridae | 225 |
Lestoniidae | 227 |
Hydrometroidea | 95 |
Ochteroidea | 116 |
Naucoroidea | 122 |
Pleidae | 128 |
Leptopodomorpha | 134 |
Leptopodoidea | 141 |
Reduvioidea | 148 |
Velocipedoidea | 161 |
Joppeicoidea Chapter 51 Joppeicidae | 164 |
Miroidea Chapter 52 Thaumastocoridae | 165 |
Miridae | 169 |
Tingidae | 180 |
Naboidea Chapter 55 Medocostidae | 184 |
Nabidae | 186 |
Cimicoidea Chapter 57 Lasiochilidae | 190 |
Lyctocoridae | 194 |
Anthocoridae | 195 |
Cimicidae | 199 |
Polyctenidae | 202 |
Pentatomomorpha | 205 |
Megarididae | 228 |
Pentatomidae | 229 |
Phloeidae | 234 |
Plataspidae | 236 |
Scutelleridae | 238 |
Tessaratomidae | 241 |
Thaumastellidae | 243 |
Urostylidae | 245 |
Lygaeoidea Chapter 80 Berytidae | 246 |
Colobathristidae | 249 |
Idiostolidae | 251 |
Malcidae | 264 |
Piesmatidae | 266 |
Pyrrhocoroidea Chapter 86 Largidae | 268 |
Pyrrhocoridae | 270 |
Literature Cited | 285 |
Glossary | 292 |
About the Authors | 302 |
337 | 308 |
Common terms and phrases
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