Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects

About this book

Understand the insect world with Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects. Combining current insect identification, insect biology, and insect evolution, this biology text provides you with a comprehensive introduction to the study of insects. Numerous figures, bullets, easily understood diagrams, and numbered lists throughout the text help you grasp the material.

Contents

1. Insects and Their Ways
2. The Anatomy, Physiology, and Development of Insects
3. Systematics, Nomenclature, and Identification
4. Behavior and Ecology
5. Phylum Arthropoda
6. Hexapoda
7. The Entognathous Hexapods: Protura, Collembola, Diplura
8. The Apterygote Insects: Microcoryphia and Thysanura
9. Order Ephemeroptera: Mayflies
10. Order Odonata: Dragonflies and Damselflies
11. Order Orthoptera: Grasshoppers, Crickets, and Katydids
12. Order Phasmatodea: Walkingsticks and Leaf Insects
13. Order Grylloblattodea: Rockcrawlers
14. Order Mantophasmatodea
15. Order Dermaptera: Earwigs
16. Order Plecoptera: Stoneflies
17. Order Embiidina: Webspinners
18. Order Zoraptera: Zorapterans, Angel Insects
19. Order Isoptera: Termites
20. Order Mantodea: Mantids
21. Order Blattodea: Cockroaches
22. Order Hemiptera: True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Psyllids, Whiteflies, Aphids, and Scale Insects
23. Order Thysanoptera: Thrips
24. Order Psocoptera: Psocids
25. Order Phthiraptera: Lice
26. Order Coleoptera: Beetles
27. Order Neuroptera: Alderflies, Dobsonflies, Fishflies, Snakeflies, Lacewings, Antlions, and Owlflies
28. Order Hymenoptera: Sawflies, Parasitic Wasps, Ants, Wasps, and Bees
29. Order Trichoptera: Caddisflies
30. Order Lepidoptera: Butterflies and Moths
31. Order Siphonaptera: Fleas
32. Order Mecoptera: Scorpionflies and Hangingflies
33. Order Strepsiptera: Twisted-Winged Parasites
34. Order Diptera: Flies
35. Collecting, Preserving, and Studying Insects

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Biography

Charles A. Triplehorn is emeritus faculty at Ohio State University, and his broad interests include systematics and biogeography of Coleoptera. His research is primarily on the large family Tenebrionidae, especially those of the Western Hemisphere. Since his retirement from Ohio State in 1992, he has concentrated on two major projects: a revision of the genus Eleodes and of the Neotropical Diaperini. Triplehorn is the former president of the American Entomological Society.

Norman F. Johnson is a professor of biology at Ohio State University and curator of the Ohio State University insect collection. His research interests include the systematics of parasitic Hymenoptera, and in particular the Proctotrupoidea. His focus to date has been on the Scelionidae, a speciose group important as biological control agents of their hosts. In 1992, he assumed the position of director of the OSU Insect Collection.