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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De Gruyter,
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Publisher Address: | Berlin/Boston : |
Publication Dates: | [2013] |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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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 |
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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. |