Name that insect : a guide to the insects of Southeastern Australia
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Name that insect : a guide to the insects of Southeastern Australia
Oxford University Press, 1996
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Includes index
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Description
Insects are the forgotten members of Australia's rich and diverse fauna. Few people can recognise more than a few common groups and species, yet there are more insect species that all other animals put together. Insects are the most diverse animals in terrestrial and freshwater communities, Name that Insect is the first guide to identifying the insedcts of southeastern Australia an area that supports a particularly significant insect fauna - highly characteristic of the region. There are extensive notes on the structurem recognition and biology of all the insect orders in the region. These emphasise the principle of identification through examples for all major groups. The book also contains several hundred original line drawings of whole insects and diagnostic features. This essential visual guide to the insect families is complemented by a formal key for identifying the different orders.
Table of Contents
Preface. 1.: Introduction to insect structure, diversity and classification. 2.: Insect diversity in southeastern Australia. 3.: Recognition of insect orders. 4.: Primitive wingless insects and their allies. 5.: Some aquatic specialists. 6.: The cockroaches, grasshoppers and their allies. 7.: The true bugs and their allies. 8.: Lacewings and beetles. 9.: Flies, moths and their allies. 10.: Wasps, ants and bees. Index
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