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Author Peck, Stewart B. (Stewart Blaine)

Title The beetles of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador : evolution, ecology, and diversity (Insecta:Coleoptera) / Stewart B. Peck
Published Ottawa : NRC Research Press, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 313 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps
Contents ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Abstract/Résumé""; ""Summary""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Chapter 1. Introduction""; ""Chapter 2. The Galápagos Islands:Geology, Climate, and Biotic Zonation""; ""Chapter 3. Methods and Materials""; ""Chapter 4. Processes I: Origin and Arrival of the Beetle Colonists""; ""Chapter 5. Processes II: Evolution of the Beetle Fauna""; ""Chapter 6. Patterns I: Ecology and Distribution of the Beetles""; ""Chapter 7. Patterns II: Beetle Assemblages and Habitat Types""; ""Chapter 8. Future Studies on Galápagos Beetles and Conservation Issues""
""Chapter 9. Organization of an Annotated Catalog of Galápagos Beetles""""Chapter 10. Annotated Catalogue of Galápagos Beetle Species Arranged by Families""; ""Suborder Adephaga""; ""Family Carabidae, The Predaceous Ground Beetles and TigerBeetles""; ""Family Gyrinidae, The Whirligig Beetles""; ""Family Haliplidae, The Crawling Water Beetles""; ""Family Dytiscidae, The Predaceous Diving Beetles""; ""Suborder Polyphaga""; ""Series Staphyliniformia""; ""Superfamily Hydrophiloidea""; ""Family Hydrophilidae, The Water Scavenger Beetles""; ""Family Histeridae, The Hister Beetles""
Superfamily StaphylinoideaFamily Hydraenidae, The Minute Moss Beetles -- Family Ptiliidae, The Feather-winged Beetles -- Family Scydmaenidae, The Antlike Stone Beetles -- Family Staphylinidae, The Rove Beetles -- Series Scarabaeiformia -- Superfamily Scarabaeoidea -- Family Passalidae, The Passalid Beetles -- Family Trogidae, The Trox Beetles -- Family Scarabaeidae, The Scarab Beetles -- Series Elateriformia -- Superfamily Buprestoidea -- Family Buprestidae, The Metallic Wood-boring Beetles -- Superfamily Byrrhoidea
Family Limnichidae, The Minute Marsh-loving BeetlesFamily Heteroceridae, The Variegated Mud-loving Beetles -- Family Chelonariidae, The Chelonariid Beetles -- Superfamily Elateroidea -- Family Eucnemidae, The False Click Beetles -- Family Elateridae, The Click Beetles -- Family Cantharidae, The Soldier Beetles -- Series Bostrichiformia -- Family Jacobsoniidae, The Jacobsoniid Beetles -- Superfamily Bostrichiformia -- Family Dermestidae -- Family Bostrychidae (including Lyctinae) -- Family Anobiidae, the Spider and Death Watch Beetles -- Superfamily Cleroidea
Family Trogossitidae, The Bark-Gnawing BeetlesFamily Cleridae, The Checkered Beetles -- Family Melyridae, The Soft-Winged Flower Beetles -- Superfamily Cucujoidea -- Family Nitidulidae, The Sap-feeding Beetles -- Family Monotomidae, The Root-eating Beetles -- Family Silvanidae, The Flat Bark Beetles -- Family Laemophloeidae, The Lined Flat Bark Beetles -- Family Phalacridae, The Shining Mold Beetles -- Family Languriidae, The Lizard Beetles -- Family Biphyllidae, The False Skin Beetles -- Family Bothrideridae, The Bothriderid Beetles
Summary The Galapagos Islands of Ecuador are world famous for their unique plants and animals, and the hints these gave to Charles Darwin in forming his ideas on evolution by natural selection. They are the world's least altered set of tropical oceanic islands. The oldest islands have been available for colonization by land plants and animals for about 3-4 million years. At least 1850 species of insects and 350 species of other terrestrial arthropods are now known to occur on the islands. Beetles are the largest order of animals, and globally comprise about 25% of all animal species. They also represent about 25% of all terrestrial animals known in the Galapagos Islands. This book is a synthesis of both previously published information and abundant new data gathered during extensive recent field studies on Galapagos beetles. Generalizations are presented on the dynamics and patterns of the evolution, ecology, and distribution of the entire beetle fauna. The core of the book is an account of the 486 species of beetles with detailed information on their distribution and bionomics. This work will be of interest to entomologists, island ecologists, evolutionary biologists, and conservation scientists as a framework for future study and protection of the fauna and flora of the islands. It is a contribution to a comparative global understanding of the origin, evolution, and ecological structuring of oceanic island insect faunas
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-299) and indexes
Issuing Body Issued by the National Research Council Canada
Notes Includes abstract in French
Print version record
Subject Beetles -- Galapagos Islands
Beetles -- Galapagos Islands -- Classification
Beetles -- Ecology -- Galapagos Islands
Beetles
Beetles -- Ecology
Galapagos Islands
Genre/Form Classification
Form Electronic book
Author National Research Council Canada.
LC no. 2006404855
ISBN 0660194228
9780660194226
1280538880
9781280538889
9786610538881
6610538883