Insect morphology and phylogeny : a textbook for students of entomology /

This textbook provides an in-depth treatment of the structures and the phylogeny of the megadiverse Hexapoda. It presents an up-to-date overview of general insect morphology with detailed drawings, scanning electron micrographs, and 3-D reconstructions and is a modern synthesis of insect systematics...

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Main Authors: Beutel, Rolf G.
Corporate Authors: De Gruyter.
Group Author: Friedrich, Frank; Ge, Si-Qin; Yang, Xing-Ke
Published: De Gruyter,
Publisher Address: Berlin/Boston :
Publication Dates: [2013]
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: De gruyter textbook
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Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783110264043
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Summary: This textbook provides an in-depth treatment of the structures and the phylogeny of the megadiverse Hexapoda. It presents an up-to-date overview of general insect morphology with detailed drawings, scanning electron micrographs, and 3-D reconstructions and is a modern synthesis of insect systematics. The work is an invaluable reference for students and researchers of biology and is a must for evolutionary biologists.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource(xv,516pages) : illustrations.
ISBN: 9783110264043(electronic bk.)
Index Number: QL494
CLC: Q96
Contents: Frontmatter --
Foreword --
Acknowledgements --
Contents --
1. Morphology --
2. Reproduction, development and immature stages --
3. Glossary --
4. Traditional and modern techniques in insect morphology --
5. Phylogenetic reconstruction based on morphology --
6. The orders of Hexapoda --
7. Literature --
Taxonomic Index.