EntomologySpringer Science & Business Media, 6 dec 2012 The idea of writing this book was conceived when, in the late 1960s, I began teaching a senior undergraduate class in general entomology. I soon realized that there was no suitable text for the class I intended to give. The so-called "general" or "introductory" texts reflected the traditional taxonomic approach to entomology and contained relatively little information on the physiology and ecology of insects. This does not mean that there were no books containing such information. There were several, but these were so specialized and de tailed that their use in an introductory class was limited. I hold a strong belief that an undergraduate general entomology course should provide a balanced treatment of the subject. Thus, although some time should be devoted to taxonomy, including identification (best done in the laboratory, using primar ily material which students themselves have collected, supplemented with specimens from the general collection), appropriate time should be given also to discussion of the evolution, development, physiology, and ecology of in sects. In the latter category I include the interactions between insects and Man because it is important to stress that these interactions follow normal ecological principles. Naturally, the format of this book reflects this belief. The book has been arranged in four sections, each of which necessarily overlaps with the others. |
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3 | |
11 | |
20 | |
The Success of Insects | 44 |
The Neck and Thorax | 68 |
The Abdomen | 74 |
Literature | 86 |
Literature | 135 |
16 | 439 |
Summary | 461 |
46 | 462 |
18 | 481 |
Salt and Water Balance | 491 |
Formation and Growth of Germ Band | 539 |
Formation of Extraembryonic Membranes | 546 |
Histological Changes during Metamorphosis | 574 |
ix | 151 |
8 | 183 |
Hemipteroid | 191 |
6 | 192 |
9 | 200 |
Hatching | 222 |
21 | 251 |
10 | 265 |
Postembryonic | 277 |
11 | 321 |
Locomotion | 389 |
15 | 421 |
Control of Development | 580 |
Summary | 589 |
624 | |
23 | 627 |
7 | 635 |
Insect Diseases | 644 |
Summary | 651 |
Insects | 657 |
CONTENTS | 661 |
693 | |
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abdominal segments acid activity adult antennae aquatic arthropods axons beetles C. S. Papp cells cerci CHAPTER classification cockroaches Coleoptera common compound eyes contains corpora allata coxa cuticle diapause Diplura Diptera dorsal eggs endopterygotes Entomol enzymes Ephemeroptera evolution example fat body feed females Figure flies flight fore wings fossil function ganglia ganglion gills glands Hemiptera hemolymph hind wings hindgut hormone Hymenoptera includes insects instar integument juvenile L. A. Swan labium large number larvae legs Lepidoptera locust males Malpighian tubules mandibles membrane metabolic midgut molt moths mouthparts movements muscles nervous system nest neurons occur ocelli Odonata organs Orthoptera orthopteroid ovipositor pair Paleoptera PANORPOID parasitic permission pheromones phylogeny Physiology posterior primitive produced protein prothorax pupa regions reproductive sclerotized sensory species spiracles stage stimulated structure suborder Superfamily surface Swan and C. S. termites thoracic tion tissue tracheal system Trichoptera usually venation ventral