| Description |
1 online resource (347 pages) : illustrations |
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FrontCover; Dedication; CONTEMPORARYINSECTDIAGNOSTICS; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Chapter 1 -Introduction; THE INTERACTIONS OF INSECTS AND PEOPLE; THE VALUE OF INSECTS; INSECTS AS PESTS; IDENTIFYING INSECTS; WHAT IS AN INSECT DIAGNOSTICIAN?; VALUE OF INSECT DIAGNOSTICS; Chapter 2 -- Equipping a Diagnostic Laboratory; INTRODUCTION; BASIC TOOLS AND SUPPLIES FOR HANDLING SAMPLES; COMMUNICATION DEVICES; MICROSCOPES AND MICROSCROPY; SAMPLE HOLDING EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; REFERENCES AND RESOURCES; Starter References for New Laboratories; PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT AND METHODS |
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OBTAINING SAMPLES AND MAKING A REFERENCE COLLECTIONPRESERVING ARTHROPODS; LABELING; MAKING A REFERENCE COLLECTION; Chapter 3 -- Submitting Samples to a Diagnostic Laboratory; SUBMITTING SAMPLES; PHYSICAL SAMPLES; TELEPHONE INQUIRIES; ELECTRONIC SAMPLE SUBMISSION (DISTANCE DIAGNOSTICS); EQUIPMENT NECESSARY FOR DISTANCE DIAGNOSTICS; Chapter 4 -- Insect Identification Techniques; NAMING ARTHROPODS; IDENTIFICATIONS TOOLS; ILLUSTRATED DESCRIPTIONS OF ARTHROPOD CLASSES; CLASS CRUSTACEA; CLASS HEXAPODA (INSECTA); ILLUSTRATED DESCRIPTION OF MAJOR INSECT ORDERS; PROTURA (FIG. 4.2); DIPLURA (FIG. 4.3) |
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MICROCORYPHIA [BRISTLETAILS, ARCHAEOGNATHA, FIG. 4.5]THYSANURA [SILVERFISH, FIREBRATS, FIG. 4.6]; FIG. 4.7]; ODONATA [DRAGONFLIES, DAMSELFLIES, FIG. 4.8]; FIG. 4.9]; BLATTODEA (BLATTARIA) [COCKROACHES, FIG. 4.10], AND TERMITES, FIG. 4.11; MANTODEA [MANTIDS, FIG. 4.12]; PHASMATODEA (PHASMIDA) [WALKINGSTICKS, LEAF INSECTS, FIG. 4.13]; GRYLLOBLATTODEA (GRYLLOBLATTARIA) [ROCK CRAWLERS, FIG. 4.14]; DERMAPTERA [EARWIGS, FIG. 4.15]; EMBIIDINA (EMBIOPTERA) [WEBSPINNERS, FOOTSPINNERS, FIG 4.16]; FIG. 4.17]; PSOCOPTERA [BOOKLICE, BARKLICE, FIG. 4.18]; FIG. 4.19] |
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PHTHIRAPTERA [CHEWING LICE, WOOL-EATERS, FIG. 4.20, SUCKING LICE FIG. 4.21]THYSANOPTERA [THRIPS, FRINGE-WINGED INSECTS, FIG. 4. 22]; FIG. 4.23, AS WELL AS TWO SUBORDERS THAT MAKE UP THE GROUP FORMERLY CALLED HOMOPTERA, SCALE INSECTS, MEALYBUGS, WHITEFLIES, LEAF...; COLEOPTERA [BEETLES, FIG. 4.25]; STREPSIPTERA [TWISTED-WINGED PARASITES, FIG. 4.26]; MECOPTERA [SCORPIONFLIES, HANGINGFLIES, FIG. 4.27]; NEUROPTERA [ALDERFLIES, ANTLIONS, DOBSONFLIES, FISHFLIES, LACEWINGS, OWLFLIES, SNAKEFLIES, FIG. 4.28]; FIG. 4.29]; LEPIDOPTERA [BUTTERFLIES, SKIPPERS, MOTHS, FIG. 4.30] |
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DIPTERA ["TRUE" FLIES, FIG. 4.31]SIPHONAPTERA [FLEAS, FIG. 4.32]; HYMENOPTERA [SAWFLIES, ANTS, WASPS, BEES, FIG. 4.33]; SUMMARY; ILLUSTRATED DICHOTOMOUS KEY TO CLASSES OF ARTHROPODA; CLASS ARACHNIDA; SUBCLASS ACARI; ILLUSTRATED DICHOTOMOUS KEY TO INSECT ORDERS; SUMMARY; DIAGNOSING NON-TYPICAL (MYSTERY) SAMPLES; Chapter 5 -- Pest Insects; INSECTS THAT COMPETE WITH HUMANS FOR FOOD; INSECTS THAT DESTROY PROPERTY; INSECTS THAT THREATEN HUMAN HEALTH AND COMFORT; New and Emerging Pests; FACULTATIVE PESTS; PESTS THAT ADAPT; Look Alike Pests; DIAGNOSTIC RISKS; COMPARATIVE ILLUSTRATIONS |
| Summary |
Annotation 'Contemporary Insect Diagnostics' aids entomologists as they negotiate the expectations and potential dangers of the practice. It provides the reader with methods for networking with regulatory agencies, expert laboratories, first detectors, survey specialists, legal and health professionals, landscape managers, crop scouts, farmers and the lay public. This enables the practitioner and advanced student to understand and work within this network, critically important in a time when each submission takes on its own specific set of expectations and potential ramifications |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 12, 2014) |
| Subject |
Insects -- Analysis
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Entomology.
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entomology.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- General.
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Entomology
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780124046924 |
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0124046924 |
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