Books : American InsectsA Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 595.70973
EAN: 9780849302121
Edition: 2
ISBN: 0849302129
Label: CRC Press
Manufacturer: CRC Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 1024
Publication Date: July 28, 2000
Publisher: CRC Press
Studio: CRC Press
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Offering a complete accounting of the insects of North America, this handbook is an up-dated edition of the first handbook ever compiled in the history of American entomology.By using American Insects, A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico, Second Edition, the reader can quickly determine the taxonomic position of any species, genus, or higher taxon of insect known to occur in America and Canada. Every order, family, and genus is conveniently numbered and indexed, making this volume the only complete single source for all of the names of orders, families, and genera currently available. This book fills the need for an accurate way to identify, with the several hundred drawings and photos, the common insects of all orders. Now there is a tool available to those working without a major collection and library; and those who would like to have a general knowledge of insect life without becoming overwhelmed by the vast number of minute insect species. This usable guide provides sizes, shapes, color patterns and salient features of some species of each major family by pointing out those groups most likely to be encountered, including all North America pests.WHAT'S NEW IN THIS EDITION?oCaptions are restored into the text and all are present!oResearchers in many orders use the results of cladistics, a new tool for determining the relationship of orders, families, genera, and species of organisms, including plants as well as animalsoSpecialists have provided lengthy lists of generic changesoMany of the identification keys have been revised by adding more illustrations and making sure all description terms are in the GlossaryoThe bibliographies of each Order section have been updated to include all important works that have appeared since the original edition
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This is a supplement to my earlier review. Note that the description of American Insects, by Arnett,... is based on the first edition, in which "Every order, family, and genus is conveniently numbered and indexed" and you could "quickly determine the taxonomic position of any species, genus, or higher taxon of insect known to occur in America and Canada." This is not the case in the second edition. You can look up major genera only.
Subfamilies are listed under an entry for the family, ... Read More
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As a naturalist and amateur entomologist, I found the first edition of this book especially useful for looking up unfamiliar genera and species of insects, to find out where they fit in the scheme of insect taxonomy.
Unfortunately, CRC Press, the publisher of the second edition, has cut corners by reducing the size of the index from 128 pages for 714 pages of text in the first edition to 57 pages for 931 pages of text in the second edition. This was accomplished by eliminating all but the ... Read More
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