North American PsocopteraNorth American Psocoptera provides a complete review of the 28 families, 78 genera and 287 species of the order Psocoptera found in the United States and Canada. This comprehensive book contains keys to all of the known taxa of Psocoptera which have been found in the study area, including three genera named as new. Not only are the native and established species included, but also those which have been taken at ports of entry in human commerce. The book contains differential diagnoses of the taxa above species level. For each named species there is an account consisting of synonymy, recognition features, relationships, distribution, and habitat. Included are 119 pages of illustrations, glossary, bibliography and index. |
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Page 332 - Distributional and synonymic notes on psocids common to Europe and North America, with remarks on the distribution of Holarctic insects ( Corrodentia ) . Journ.
Page 332 - Printed for the society, 1869. Entomological correspondence of Thaddeus William Harris, MD Edited by SH Scudder, Boston: Boston Society of Natural History.
Page 332 - GURNEY, AB, 1950. — Psocids likely to be encountered by Pest Control Operators. Pest Control Technology, Entomological Section (National Pest Control Association).
Bibliographic information
| Title | North American Psocoptera Issue 10 of Flora & Fauna handbook, ISSN 1040-3477 Volume 10 of New Perspectives on African Literature |
| Author | Mockford |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | CRC Press, 1993 |
| ISBN | 1877743127, 9781877743122 |
| Length | 480 pages |
| Subjects | › › › Science / Life Sciences / Zoology / Entomology Technology & Engineering / Agriculture / General |
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