Author: Henry TownesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
A Catalogue and Reclassification of the Neotropic Ichneumonidae
Author: Henry TownesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright OfficePublisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
ISBN:
Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 1510
Book Description
A Catalogue of World Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera)
Author: Dicky S. YuPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hymenoptera
Languages : en
Pages : 808
Book Description
Ichneumonidae (Subfamily Tryphoninae)
Author: KasparyanPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004628975
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
Illustrated Catalogue of Ichneumonidae in Korea: Anomaloninae, Eucerotinae, Mesochorinae, Metopiinae, Ophioninae, Paxylommatinae, Tryphoninae
Author: Jong-Wook LeePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ichneumonidae
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
The Braconid and Ichneumonid Parasitoid Wasps
Author: Donald L. J. QuickePublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 111890706X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 756
Book Description
The Ichneumonoidea is a vast and important superfamily of parasitic wasps, with some 60,000 described species and estimated numbers far higher, especially for small-bodied tropical taxa. The superfamily comprises two cosmopolitan families - Braconidae and Ichneumonidae - that have largely attracted separate groups of researchers, and this, to a considerable extent, has meant that understanding of their adaptive features has often been considered in isolation. This book considers both families, highlighting similarities and differences in their adaptations. The classification of the whole of the Ichneumonoidea, along with most other insect orders, has been plagued by typology whereby undue importance has been attributed to particular characters in defining groups. Typology is a common disease of traditional taxonomy such that, until recently, quite a lot of taxa have been associated with the wrong higher clades. The sheer size of the group, and until the last 30 or so years, lack of accessible identification materials, has been a further impediment to research on all but a handful of ‘lab rat’ species usually cultured initially because of their potential in biological control. New evidence, largely in the form of molecular data, have shown that many morphological, behavioural, physiological and anatomical characters associated with basic life history features, specifically whether wasps are ecto- or endoparasitic, or idiobiont or koinobiont, can be grossly misleading in terms of the phylogeny they suggest. This book shows how, with better supported phylogenetic hypotheses entomologists can understand far more about the ways natural selection is acting upon them. This new book also focuses on this superfamily with which the author has great familiarity and provides a detailed coverage of each subfamily, emphasising anatomy, taxonomy and systematics, biology, as well as pointing out the importance and research potential of each group. Fossil taxa are included and it also has sections on biogeography, global species richness, culturing and rearing and preparing specimens for taxonomic study. The book highlights areas where research might be particularly rewarding and suggests systems/groups that need investigation. The author provides a large compendium of references to original research on each group. This book is an essential workmate for all postgraduates and researchers working on ichneumonoid or other parasitic wasps worldwide. It will stand as a reference book for a good number of years, and while rapid advances in various fields such as genomics and host physiological interactions will lead to new information, as an overall synthesis of the current state it will stay relevant for a long time.
Stored-Product Insect Resource
Author: David HagstrumPublisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0128104562
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Stored-Product Insect Resource
National Union Catalog
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 688
Book Description
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
Ecology and Natural History of Tropical Bees
Author: David W. RoubikPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521429092
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Humans have been fascinated by bees for centuries. Bees display a wide spectrum of behaviours and ecological roles that have provided biologists with a vast amount of material for study. Among the types observed are both social and solitary bees, those that either pollinate or destroy flowers, and those that display traits allowing them to survive underwater. Others fly mainly at night, and some build their nests either in the ground or in the tallest rain forest trees. This highly acclaimed book summarises and interprets research from around the world on tropical bee diversity and draws together major themes in ecology, natural history and evolution. The numerous photographs and line illustrations, and the large reference section, qualify this book as a field guide and reference for workers in tropical and temperate research. The fascinating ecology and natural history of these bees will also provide absorbing reading for other ecologists and naturalists. This book was first published in 1989.
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