Essential Entomology: An Order-by-Order Introduction

Great introductory reference on entomology, with superb illustrations by Richard Lewington

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George C McGavin

318 pages, 30 illus, 140 figs.

Oxford University Press

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Softcover | 2001 | #116109 | ISBN: 0198500025

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PREFACE; INTRODUCTION TO INSECT EVOLUTION AND BIOLOGY; The evolution of the arthropods; Five factors in a winning formula; Insect structure; KEY TO THE INSECT ORDERS; THE INSECT ORDERS; THE PRIMITIVELY WINGLESS INSECTS; Archaeognatha; Thysanura; THE WINGED INSECTS; Ephemeroptera; Odonata; Neoptera; Plecoptera; Blattodea; Isoptera; Mantodea; Grylloblattodea; Dermaptera; Orthoptera; Phasmatodea; Embioptera; Zoraptera; Psocoptera; Phthiraptera; Hemiptera; Thysanoptera; Megaloptera; Raphidioptera; Neuroptera; Coleoptera; Strepsiptera; Mecoptera; Siphonaptera; Diptera; Tichoptera; Hymenoptera; FIELD WORK; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

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