American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico, Second EditionCRC Press, 28 de jul. de 2000 - 1024 páginas Offering a complete accounting of the insects of North America, this handbook is an up-dated edition of the first handbook ever compiled in the history of American entomology. By using American Insects, A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico, Second Edition, readers can quickly determine the taxonomic position of any species, genus, or higher taxon of insect known to occur in America and Canada. Every order, family, and genus is conveniently numbered and indexed, making this volume the only complete single source for all of the names of orders, families, and genera currently available. This book fills the need for an accurate way to identify, with the several hundred drawings and photos, the common insects of all orders. Now there is a tool available to those working without a major collection and library; and those who would like to have a general knowledge of insect life without becoming overwhelmed by the vast number of minute insect species. This usable guide provides sizes, shapes, color patterns and salient features of some species of each major family by pointing out those groups most likely to be encountered, including all North America pests. What's New in this Edition?
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American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico ... Ross H. Arnett Jr. Visualização parcial - 2000 |
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9 spp abdomen abdominal segment absent anal antennae apex Aphid apical Arctiidae Ashmead basal Beetle Beetle Family body Borer brownish Casey 1 sp cell claws Cockerell color common coxae cross veins distal dorsal Dyar eggs elongate elytra Erichson Fabricius female Foerster forewing Four species front wings genera genus Grote Guenée hairlike setae head hind wings Horn including the following insects labial palpi Larvae Larvae feed Latreille LeConte 1 sp legs Lepidoptera Linnaeus lobe male mandibles margin maxillary palpi Moth Moth Family mouthparts Nearctic nests Noctuidae ocelli ovipositor Pacific n.w. pale parasites pest plants proboscis pronotum reddish scale insects scales Scudder scutellum setae slender specimens spines spots Stål Subfamily subgenera subgenus Suborder Superfamily tarsi tarsomeres tergum thorax Three species tibiae Tribe U.S. and Canada usually Van Duzee ventral Walker Wingspan yellow