Author: Publisher: Academy of Natural Sciences
ISBN: 9781604831924
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
New Genus & Species of Nocturnal Wasps (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae: Chyphotini): Notulae Naturae of The Acad. of Natural Sciences of Phila., No. 192
Author: Publisher: Academy of Natural Sciences
ISBN: 9781604831924
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
The Social Wasps of North America
Author: Chris Alice KratzerPublisher: Owlfly Publishing
ISBN: 1737892715
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
With over 400 pages and 900 full-color illustrations, The Social Wasps of North America is the world's first complete illustrated field guide to all known species of social wasps from the high arctic of Greenland and Alaska to the tropical forests of Panama and Grenada. For beginners, experts, and everyone in-between, The Social Wasps of North America provides new insights about some of the world’s least popular beneficial insects, plus tips and tricks to avoid painful stings. This book includes detailed information about the ecology, evolution, taxonomy, anatomy, nest architecture, and conservation of social wasp species. To purchase this book in softcover format, visit our website at OwlflyLLC.com/publications.
Wasps
Author: Heather HolmPublisher:
ISBN: 9780991356317
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
WASPS is the first full-color, illustrated guide featuring approximately 150 species of flower-visiting wasps that occur in eastern North America, and the specific native plants and habitat each species depends upon. Written with an ecological lens, this richly-illustrated book details wasp diversity and has full-page profiles for each wasp species that include identification tips, geographic range maps, biology, prey, natural history and habitat. Five introductory chapters cover wasp taxonomy, nesting biology, prey-hunting behaviors, diet, anatomy, as well as wasp habitat enhancement and management, and the ecosystem services provided by wasps-insect pest population control and pollination. Profiles of each wasp species comprise the major part of the book and are organized by family, showcasing twelve families and sixty-eight wasp genera. Also included are eastern North American regional native plant guides, tips on wasp observation, and over 1000 stunning photographs. This is an essential book for conservationists, naturalists, insect enthusiasts, biologists, nature photographers, native plant aficionados, and anyone interested in beneficial insects and pollinators.
The Transactions of the Entomological Society of London New Series
Author: AnonymousPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368780840
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 765
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1858.
A Review of the Mutillid Genus Chyphotes Blake (Hymenoptera; Multillidae; Apterogyninae).
Author: Clarence Eugene MickelPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mutillidae
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London
Author: Royal Entomological Society of LondonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Entomology
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
The Transactions of the Entomological Society of London
Author: Royal Entomological Society of LondonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Entomology
Languages : en
Pages : 808
Book Description
The zoologist
Author: Parasitoid Wasps of South East Asia
Author: Buntika A. ButcherPublisher: CABI
ISBN: 1800620594
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
Parasitoid wasps are cosmopolitan, numerous and enormously diverse with probably one million or more species worldwide, most of which occur in the moist tropics. Their ecological importance is enormous although perhaps most evident in their major roles in the control of insect pest populations. In natural ecosystems they are integral in regulating populations of a vast number of insects, and therefore are key players in terrestrial food webs. Knowledge of their biology is still very poor because the current state of taxonomy is still in its infancy in most parts of the world.In this book, we provide an overview of the more than 30 families of parasitoid wasps that occur in the 11 countries in South East Asia. Particular emphasis is given to those most commonly encountered and reared, as well as to those used in biological control programmes. Outlines of the morphology, biology, ecology and behaviour of each family, as well as of various important subfamilies are presented. The current state of taxonomy in the region is summarised. Other chapters cover basic biology, behaviour, morphological terminology, phylogeny and methods of specimen collecting, preparation and rearing with particular relevance to the tropics. Modern molecular approaches to speeding taxonomic description of hyperdiverse taxa are considered in depth. All groups are illustrated with colour photographs. This book will be of value to professional entomologists, academics, entomology students and the growing body of amateur entomologists and insect photographers.
The Braconid and Ichneumonid Parasitoid Wasps
Author: Donald L. J. QuickePublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118907051
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.