| Description |
xviii, 831 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm |
| Contents |
1. Arthropod Evolution -- 2. Insect Diversity -- 3. External Structure -- 4. Taxonomy and Systematics -- 5. Apterygote Hexapods -- 6. Paleoptera -- 7. The Plecopteroid, Blattoid, and Orthopteroid Orders -- 8. The Hemipteroid Orders -- 9. The Panorpoid Orders -- 10. The Remaining Endopterygote Orders -- 11. The Integument -- 12. Sensory Systems -- 13. Nervous and Chemical Integration -- 14. Muscles and Locomotion -- 15. Gaseous Exchange -- 16. Food Uptake and Utilization -- 17. The Circulatory System -- 18. Nitrogenous Excretion and Salt and Water Balance -- 19. Reproduction -- 20. Embryonic Development -- 21. Postembryonic Development -- 22. The Abiotic Environment -- 23. The Biotic Environment -- 24. Insects and Humans |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Subject |
Entomology.
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| ISBN |
140203184x |
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