Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 2 Hydrophiloidea - Staphylinoidea (2-Volume Set)

About this book

Taxonomy provides the basic building blocks of our understanding of the diversity of life on this planet. It stems from innate human curiosity; confronted with an unknown species or object we ask "what is it?" Taxonomists recognize species and other systematic unities (the taxa), define them and place them within the framework of known organisms, providing the means for their subsequent identification. The Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera (edited by I. & D. Löbl) gives a taxonomic overview of the most diverse group of all living things in the world's largest biogeographical area. It fixes nomenclature needed for unambiguous transfer of information, gives information about the occurrence of species and subspecies, and contains references that provide key information of over 40,000 systematic units. The work is a scaffold for biotic surveys, ecological studies, and nature conservation. It responds also to the urgent need of assessment of the still left forms of life, actually threatened by the on-going destruction of habitats.

Contents

Introduction
Taxonomic information
Distributional information
Biographical information
Acknowledgements
Authors of the updated edition
Addresses of the authors
Authors of the first edition
New nomenclatural and taxonomic acts, and comments

Catalogue
Helophoridae
Epimetopidae
Georissidae
Hydrochidae
Spercheidae
Hydrophilidae
Sphaeritidae
Syntelidae
Histeridae
Hydraenidae
Ptiliidae
Agyrtidae
Leiodidae
Silphidae
Staphylinidae

References
Index to family-group names
Index to genus-group names

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