Insects of Australia Volumes 1 and 2

A textbook for students and research workers

Second Edition By: ID ID Naumann

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Originally published in 1991, Insects of Australia was acclaimed worldwide as one of the best general textbooks of entomology ever written. Now made available in electronic form for the first time, this PDF eBook includes both volumes of the second edition of this authoritative study of Australian insects. Individual chapter PDFs are also available for purchase. + Full description

Winner of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales Whitley Medal 1992

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Reviews

Winner of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales Whitley Medal 1992

"Entomologists from around the world use these books as their prime reference for adult insects from many continents."
Rudolf Meier, Systematic Biology, Dec 1993, vol. 42, no. 4

"Good press at last for Australia's not-so-humble insects."
Deborah Smith, Sydney Morning Herald

Details

PDF | January 1991 | $ 90.00
ISBN: 9780643101111 | 1137 pages | 270 x 192 mm
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Colour illustrations

Features

Makes Volumes 1 and 2 of the highly regarded second edition of Insects of Australia (1991) available in digital form for the first time
Includes 42 chapters written by leading specialists in each field, including over 70 CSIRO scientists
Contains illustrations, photographs and colour plates
Addresses 661 families and 85 920 species, reflecting the best taxonomic knowledge at the time of publication

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction

VOLUME 1
1 Skeletal anatomy and key to orders
2 General anatomy and function
3 General biology
4 Principles and practice of systematics
5 Phylogeny of extant hexapods
6 Fossil history and the evolution of hexapod structures
7 Biogeography
8 Biographical history
9 Insects and humans in Australia
10 Australian insects in scientific research
11 Collembola
12 Protura
COLOUR PLATES
13 Diplura
14 Archaeognatha (Microcoryphia)
15 Thysanura (Zygentoma)
16 Ephemeroptera
17 Odonata
18 Plecoptera
19 Blattodea
20 Isoptera
21 Mantodea
22 Grylloblattodea
23 Dermaptera
24 Orthoptera
25 Phasmatodea
26 Embioptera (Embiidina)
27 Zoraptera
28 Psocoptera
29 Phthiraptera
30 Hemiptera
31 Thysanoptera
32 Megaloptera
33 Raphidioptera
34 Neuroptera

VOLUME 2
35 Coleoptera
36 Strepsiptera
37 Mecoptera
38 Siphonaptera
39 Diptera
40 Trichoptera
41 Lepidoptera
42 Hymenoptera

References
Index

Extra

There is an error on page 263 of the eBook edition of this publication. The correct page can be viewed in this file.

Insects of Australia Errata p263 (2.00 MB)