Author: Nathan BanksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Entomology
Languages : en
Pages : 744
Book Description
Collected Papers: Insects
Author: Nathan BanksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Entomology
Languages : en
Pages : 744
Book Description
Lepidopterorum Catalogus
Author: PoolePublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9780916846459
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
The noctuidae of the world, a family with numerous important agricultural pests, comprises about a third of the entire order Lepidoptera. This new three-volume set is the first complete catalog for the world. About 38,000 named species (including known synonyms) are listed alphabetically under each genus name in over 1,000 pages of text. Genera area also listed alphabetically, but subfamily affiliations are noted for each of the valid names to enable users to segregate genera by subfamily. Valid names are noted in boldface. Synonyms are listed for each genus and species; the species synonyms are also listed alphabetically among the valid names, thus enabling users to make two kinds of searches in the text as well as in the index. The catalog provides citation data on all described names (other than infraspecific names), with references cited in the compete bibliography at the end. Reference is also made to more important papers on the biology, larvae, host plants, and illustrations for each species, again with full titles noted in the bibliography. The main host plants for each species, where known, are listed under each. Details of holotypes, where known, are also noted. The bibliography has entries for approximately 4,400 papers.
Transactions of the American Entomological Society
Author: American Entomological SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
Transactions of the American Entomological Society and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences
Author: Transactions of the American Entomological Society
Author: Transactions of the American Entomological Society
Author: American Entomological SocietyPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3752534613
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1870-1871.
Catalog of the Library of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
Author: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 760
Book Description
The Shipley Collection of Scientific Papers
Author: Moths, Myths, and Mosquitoes
Author: Marc EpsteinPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190215275
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
On September 26, 1924, the ground collapsed beneath a truck in a back alley in Washington, D.C., revealing a mysterious underground labyrinth. In spite of wild speculations, the tunnel was not the work of German spies, but rather an aging, eccentric Smithsonian scientist named Harrison Gray Dyar, Jr. While Dyar's covert tunneling habits may seem far-fetched, they were merely one of many oddities in Dyar's unbelievable life. For the first time, insect biosystematist Marc E. Epstein presents a complete account of Dyar's life story. Dyar, one of the most influential biologists of the twentieth century, focused his entomological career on building natural classifications of various groups of insects. His revolutionary approach to taxonomy, which examined both larval and adult stages of insects, brought about major changes in the scientific community's understanding of natural relationships and insect systematics. He was also the father of what came to be known as Dyar's Law, a pragmatic method to standardize information on insect larval stages as they grow. Over the course of his illustrious career at the U.S. National Museum, Smithsonian Institution from 1897-1929, Dyar named over 3,000 species, established the "List of North American Lepidoptera," an unrivaled catalog of moths and butterflies, and built one of the nation's premier lepidoptera and mosquito collections. However, Dyar's scientific accomplishments are a mere component of this remarkable biography. Epstein offers an account of Dyar's complicated personal life, from his feuds with fellow entomologists to the scandalous revelation that he was married to two wives at the same time. Epstein also chronicles Dyar's exploration of the Baha'i faith, his extensive travels, his innumerable works of unpublished fiction, and the loss of his wealth from bad investments. Comprehensive and engaging, Moths, Myths, and Mosquitoes will delight entomologists and historians alike, as well as anyone interested in exploring the zany life of one of America's virtually unknown scientific geniuses.
Collected Papers of David Simons Kellicott
Author: David Simons KellicottPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 878
Book Description