Encyclopedia of South American Aquatic Insects: Collembola

Flora / Fauna Identification Key

Series: Encyclopedia of South American Aquatic Insects Volume: 1

By: CW Heckman

408 pages, Line illus

Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers

Encyclopedia of South American Aquatic Insects: Collembola

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ISBN: 9780792367048 Hardback Feb 2001 Not in stock: Usually dispatched within 1-2 weeks
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Includes all species known from South America by the end of the 1990s and permits a state-of-the-art identification to species. In the case of specimens belonging to undescribed species or those not previously reported from South America, it permits identification to genus or family and gives the reader reasonable certainty that his specimen does not belong to the known fauna of the continent. The keys are richly illustrated to permit non-specialists in the group to identify specimens reliably. Taxonomic revisions are intentionally avoided, but doubtful taxa are so designated in the key.

Introduction. An appeal for quality in taxonomic work. Acknowledgements. Literature. Section 1: Collembola. 1.1. Morphology. 1.2. Ecology. 1.3. Preservation and examination. 1.4. Taxonomic problems. 1.5. Suggestions for improvement. 1.6. Key to the families. Onychiuridae. Hypogastruridae. Odentillidae. Neanuridae. Isotomidae. Entomobryidae. Tomoceridae. Cyphoderidae. Oncopoduridae. Neelidae. Dicyrtomidae. Sminthurididae. Arrhopalitidae. Katiannidae. Bourletiellidae. Spinothecidae. Sminthuridae. Literature. Index.

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Flora / Fauna Identification Key

Series: Encyclopedia of South American Aquatic Insects Volume: 1

By: CW Heckman

408 pages, Line illus

Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers

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From the reviews: "This book, already issued in 2001, is the first in a series of identification keys of South American insects limited to continental South America and the offshore islands found in a variety of 'aquatic habitats' (in, on, near water etc) treating the Collembola. The series is obviously directed to the practician. ! we have to thank the author for this compilation. Its usefulness has to be proved by practice." (Hartmut Greven, Entomologia Generalis, Vol. 30 (1), 2007)

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