Alcuni critici denominano l'enciclopedia sulla vita degli animali del Grzimek la migliore opera di riferimento con taglio enciclopedico mai pubblicata. L'enciclopedia si compone di 16 volumi più l'indice e prende spunto dall'edizione tedesca degli anni 60, concepita in tredici volumi. Il volume sugli insetti, è scritto in uno stile appassionante e fornisce un'ottima descrizione di più di 1.5 milione di specie conosciute.
SOMMARIO DEL VOLUME 3 INSECTS
Foreword........................................... vii How to use this book................................ x Advisory boards..................................... xii Contributing writers................................. xiv Contributing illustrators............................. xvi
Volume 3: Insects
What is an insect?................................... 3 Evolution and systematics............................ 7 Structure and function............................... 17 Life history and reproduction........................ 31 Ecology............................................ 41 Distribution and biogeography....................... 52 Behavior............................................ 59 Social insects ....................................... 67 Insects and humans.................................. 74 Conservation ....................................... 84
Order PROTURA Proturans........................................... 93
Order COLLEMBOLA Springtails.......................................... 99
Order DIPLURA Diplurans........................................... 107
Order MICROCORYPHIA Bristletails.......................................... 113
Order THYSANURA Silverfish and fire brats.............................. 119
Order EPHEMEROPTERA Mayflies............................................ 125
Order ODONATA Dragonflies and damselflies.......................... 133
Order PLECOPTERA Stoneflies........................................... 141
Order BLATTODEA Cockroaches........................................ 147
Order ISOPTERA Termites ........................................... 161
Grzimek’s Animal Life Encyclopedia
Order MANTODEA Mantids............................................ 177
Order GRYLLOBLATTODEA Rock-crawlers....................................... 189
Order DERMAPTERA Earwigs ............................................ 195
Order ORTHOPTERA Grasshoppers, crickets, and katydids.................. 201
Order MANTOPHASMATODEA Heel-walkers or gladiators........................... 217
Order PHASMIDA Stick and leaf insects................................ 221
Order EMBIOPTERA Webspinners........................................ 233
Order ZORAPTERA Zorapterans......................................... 239
Order PSOCOPTERA Book lice........................................... 243
Order PHTHIRAPTERA Chewing and sucking lice............................ 249
Order HEMIPTERA True bugs, cicadas, leafhoppers, aphids, mealy bugs, and scale insects......................... 259
Order THYSANOPTERA Thrips ............................................. 281
Order MEGALOPTERA Dobsonflies, fishflies, and alderflies................... 289
Order RAPHIDIOPTERA Snakeflies........................................... 297
Order NEUROPTERA Lacewings.......................................... 305
Order COLEOPTERA Beetles and weevils.................................. 315
Order STREPSIPTERA Strepsipterans....................................... 335
Contents
Order MECOPTERA Scorpion flies and hanging flies ...................... 341
Order SIPHONAPTERA Fleas............................................... 347
Order DIPTERA Mosquitoes, midges, and flies........................ 357
Order TRICHOPTERA Caddisflies.......................................... 375
Order LEPIDOPTERA Butterflies, skippers, and moths ...................... 383
Order HYMENOPTERA Sawflies, ants, bees, and wasps........................ 405
For further reading.................................. 427 Organizations....................................... 432 Contributors to the first edition...................... 434 Glossary............................................ 441 Insects family list.................................... 445 Geologic time scale ................................. 452 Index............................................... 453
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