Artikelname: Northeastern Tiger Beetles: A Field Guide to Tiger Beetles of New England and Eastern Canada
Artikelbeschreibung: Northeastern Tiger Beetles: A Field Guide to Tiger Beetles of New England and Eastern Canada is the first book to draw together information about adult and larvae of tiger beetles of New England and Eastern Canada. Details are provided about key characteristics of adults and larvae; habitat; range; and life history information of the various species, including notes on conservation status of rare or endangered species.
Artikelname: A Coleopterist's Handbook (new 4th ed)
Artikelbeschreibung: A completely rewritten edition of the classic handbook, this fourth edition includes several new chapters and 32 pages of colour plates and in addition the text has mostly been re-written or fully revised and expanded. The nomenclature has been brought in line with current use, collecting/curatorial methods reflect best practice and plant/beetle and beetle/plant lists are included together.
Production of the Handbook has been overseen by two of Britain's leading entomologists who are also amongst the impressive list of contributing specialist authors. Recent additions to the British fauna, modern and traditional techniques are included. The user will appreciate all advice and comment given in the book is based upon collective years of practical experience of both curatorial methods and field craft; beetle family chapters have each been written by an internationally recognised authority.
Artikelname: A Natural History of the Ground-beetles Coleoptera :Carabidae of America North of Mexico
Artikelbeschreibung: A summary of the natural history of the ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae; over 2400 taxa) from North America north of Mexico is presented. Under each taxon, the ecology, biology, dispersal power, collecting techniques, and selected references are given. The section on ecology comprises the following: altitudinal distribution, habitat, diel activity, and gregariousness. The section dealing with biology gives details on seasonality, mating, gravid females or oviposition, tenerals, overwintering, feeding, predation, parasitism, and defense-mechanism. The section on dispersal power, or the capability of dispersal, has been assessed when possible, using three main criteria: wing condition, flight data (including light-trapping observations), and other locomotory habits. The section on collecting techniques provides the best means of capture. The section references lists the most relevant papers, with appropriate key-words. An exhaustive bibliography dealing with the natural history of North American Carabidae is also provided. This work follows the Catalogue of Bousquet and Larochelle (1993) Catalogue of the Geadephaga (Coleoptera: Trachypachydae, Rhysodidae, Carabidae including Cicindelini of America north of Mexico, which provided nomenclatural and distributional information on North American ground-beetles. An indispensable tool for anybody interested in ground-beetles, as well as to libraries due to the increadable amount of information summarised in this book.
Artikelname: American Beetles: Polyphaga Vol 2
Artikelbeschreibung: Experts offer the most sweeping reference available on the subject of North American beetles. Their rigorous standards for the presentation of data create a concise, useful format that is consistent throughout the book. This is the resource of choice for quick, accurate, and easily accessible information.
Artikelname: An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles
Artikelbeschreibung: A reference guide to beetles, this text provides a look at these poorly understood creatures and highlights the absolutely essential role they play in the dynamics of nearly every terrestrial ecosystem on Earth. It also demonstrates the amazing aesthetics of beetle design.
Artikelname: Australian Weevils
Artikelbeschreibung: The eight-volume monograph, Australian Weevils, is an outstanding addition to the world's entomological literature. It provides, for the first time, a comprehensive account of Australian weevils, including a complete catalogue of all the recorded species annotated with information on host plants, distributions, economic importance and life histories. The volumes contain approximately 10,000 illustrations (more than 5000 in colour), together with a bibliography listing more than 3000 publications, a chapter on Nemonychidae by G Kuschel in Volume I and a profusely illustrated chapter on larvae and pupae by B May in Volume II.
Artikelname: British Water Beetles Vols I-III
Artikelbeschreibung: Professor Balfour-Browne's classic 3-volume work was originally published in 1940/50/58 and is reissued here in electronic form on CD.
Text and illustrations are faithfully reproduced from the original, but now with fully searchable text and hyperlinks. These volumes include identification keys, line illustrations and distribution maps.
Artikelname: Catalogue of Rove Beetles(ColeopteraStaphylinidae, Excluding Aleocharinae) of the Northeast of Asia
Artikelbeschreibung: A survey of the staphylinid beetles (166 species from 57 genera and 14 subfamilies) occurring in northeastern Asia. Each species count includes faunistic records, synonymy, distribution and data on the ecology and systematics.
Artikelname: Checkered Beetles. Illustrated Key to the Cleridae of the Western Palaearctic.
Artikelbeschreibung: This identification key deals with all Cleridae and Thanerocleridae species of the Western Palaearctic. The introductory part gives a general idea of the classification and biology of the checkered beetles. The dichotomous keys lead to the families, subfamilies, genera and species. Numerous detailed illustrations complete the keys and therefore enable easy and exact determination. Many line drawings of typical exponents facilitate identification of the genera and the species. Some of the species are represented are pictured for the first time.
A short characterization of each species completes the determination. 128 coloured photographs on 8 plates show most of the species. Information on the occurrence of many species is also given in distribution maps. The list of references contains the most systematic and faunistic publications since 1950.
Artikelname: Coleoptera, Chrysomellides: Catalogus Faunae Bulgaricae 3
Artikelbeschreibung: This text contains data on the taxa of Chrysomelidae recently found in Bulgaria. The species accounts include: a bibliography and synonymy; a summary of the horizontal and vertical distribution in Bulgaria; phenology; host plants; and general distribution.
Artikelname: Ground Beetles in the Yorkshire Museum
Artikelbeschreibung: Beetles in the Yorkshire Museum has been written by Mike Denton, who was employed by the Museum to upgrade the Collection and make it more useful for modern scientific research.
Artikelname: Ground Beetles of Northern Ireland (Coleoptera-Carabidae)
Artikelbeschreibung: The first in a series of publications from CEDaR (Centre for Environmental Data and Recording), the Atlas gives a comprehensive account of the status and distribution of ground beetle species within Northern Ireland. Topics range from an exploration of ground conditions and soil types, to summaries of ground beetle distribution, ecology and biogeography. Whilst maps are reserved for the northern Irish species, detailed accounts of distribution and ecology are given for the whole Irish fauna. Potential threats to conservation and the work of the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (ESA) Schemes are among other topics discussed.
Artikelname: Key and Catalogue of the Tribe Clivinini from the Oriental Realm, with Revisions of the Genera Thliboclivina KULT and Trilophidi
Artikelbeschreibung: This work proposes a key to the 17 Oriental genera of the tribe Clivinini (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Scarititae). The key and catalogue are aimed at coverage of both the Oriental region and the neighbouring areas, making it suitable for use from Pakistan along the Himalayas to Japan and beyond.
Artikelname: Ladybird Beetles and Biological Control
Artikelbeschreibung: Much of our understanding about insect predator-prey dynamics has been due to studies on insect parasitoids. But do true predators such as ladybird beetles really operate in a similar way and how does this affect their use in biological control? The extensive literature on ladybirds as biocontrol agents shows that their size and rate of development is very dependent on the nature of their prey. This volume explores basic ladybird biology, their association with their prey and its effect on development rate and body size. Optimal foraging theory, field observations and laboratory experiments are used to illustrate how ladybird larvae maximise their rate of energy intake, and ladybird adults their fitness. The interdependence of these life history parameters is then used to develop a simple predator-prey model which, with an analysis of the literature, highlights the specific attributes of potentially successful biocontrol agents for all those interested in predator-prey dynamics.
Also available in Card Covers at £24.00.
Artikelname: Ladybirds
Artikelbeschreibung: Ladybirds are among the most attractive and popular of British insects. Many species are common. They may be found in almost any habitat from sea coast to mountain top, and from city wastelands to windswept heathlands. Almost every garden will have at least one species.There are a number of reasons for the popularity of ladybirds. Firstly, many ladybirds have bright contrasting colour patterns, although not all are red with black spots. Some are black with red spots, others are yellow and black, or maroon with cream spots. Some have stripes instead of spots and some no spots at all. Secondly, ladybirds are connected with good fortune in many myths and legends. The name 'ladybird' is itself derived from the commonest British species, the 7 spot ladybird. The lady in question is Our Lady, the Virgin Mary. The red colour is said to represent her cloak which in early paintings and sculptures was usually depicted as being red, and the seven black spots represent the seven joys and seven sorrows of Mary. Finally, most ladybirds are carnivorous. Both adults and larvae feed on aphids, which suck sap and damage many crops and garden plants. So, ladybirds are of great importance as major natural predators ef these pests.Yet, despite their usefulness and popularity, much is still unknown about the distribution, behaviour and life histories of British ladybirds.This book aims to outline what is known about the British species, and to stress areas of scientific ignorance. We hope the book will encourage you to discover more for yourselves, particularly through your own research. This group offers great scope for original observations and experiments, and its potential in the biological control of plant pests makes new contributions to our knowledge of ladybirds even more worthwhile.
NOW OUT OF PRINT AND VERY COLLECTABLE
Artikelname: Ladybirds Of Surrey
Artikelbeschreibung: Ladybirds are some of our favourite insects and of the forty-two species currently known to breed in the UK, 41 have been found in Surrey. The book is designed to cater for all levels of knowledge and interest, and while it contains a great deal of detailed scientific information it remains highly readable and presents a fascinating insight into the world of this most accessible and colourful group of insects. While the early chapters of the book cover issues such as life history, identification and conservation, the bulk of the book is made up of a series of detailed species accounts which include a wealth of information on the distinguishing features, distribution, host plants and habits of each member of the family Coccinellidae. In addition, a series of superb colour photographs enable the reader to easily identify each of the twenty-four larger species, many of their smaller more rarely seen cousins and over twenty of their distinctive larvae. Taken together, the book will be of as much interest and relevance to any reader across the UK as it is to a resident of Surrey. The author, Roger Hawkins, is a professional entomologist and has studied the ladybirds of Surrey for nearly a quarter of a century. He is a voluntary conservation worker and combines a passion for rambling with an interest in all aspects of natural history.
Although a "county" guide the book will be useful to entomologists in any part Britain and Ireland.
Artikelname: Longhorn Beetles of the British Isles
Artikelbeschreibung: One of the very useful and inexpensive Shire Albums covering the Long Horn Beetles found in Britain.
Artikelname: Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Carabid Ground Beetles
Artikelbeschreibung: Carabid ground beetles, sometimes called "walking jewels", are among the most thoroughly investigated insects in the world. This book presents the results of molecular phylogenetic analyses of 2000 specimens, including 350 species and that cover more than 90 per cent of the known genera, from 500 localities in 35 countries. These comprehensive analyses using mitochondrial DNA-based dating suggest that carabid diversification took place about 40 to 50 million years ago as an explosive radiation of the major genera, coinciding with the collision of the Indian subcontinent and Eurasian land mass. The analyses also lead to surprising conclusions suggesting discontinuous evolution and parallel morphological evolution. With numerous color illustrations, this book presents readers with the dynamic principles of evolution and the magnificent geographic history of the earth as revealed by the study of beetles.
Artikelname: The Agroecology of Carabid Beetles
Artikelbeschreibung: It is only since 1970 that the potential role of carabid beetles in agroecosystems has begun to be appreciated. This volume provides an overview of research literature on this widely distributed and beneficial insect, covering its habitat, its role in pest control and in the diet of farmland wildlife, and its value as a bioindicator.
Artikelname: The Carabidae:: Ground Beetles of Britain & Ireland
Artikelbeschreibung: The Carabidae (ground beetles) are a cosmopolitan family, with an estimated 40,000 species worldwide. The prime purpose of this book is to enable the reliable identification of the adults of the 350 species of Carabids that occur in Britain and Ireland. Fully illustrated keys to subfamilies, tribes, genera and species are provided. Notes are provided for each species to enable the user to confirm (or otherwise) identification.
Artikelname: The Genus Carabus in Europe: A Synthesis
Artikelbeschreibung: The ground beetle genus Carabus (Coleoptera, Carabidae) is one of the most intensively studied groups of insects. For more than 200 years a huge amount of data has been accumulated on taxonomy, biology, phylogeny, ecology and biogeography. From the start in 1989, the aim of the project was to present a complete European summary, combining data from both Western and Eastern Europe. The results are presented to the scientific community in the form of a thorough and attractive book, which will be indispensable in the field of entomology, ecology and biogeography.
Artikelname: The Glow-worm and Other Beetles
Artikelbeschreibung: Jean-Henri Fabre (1823-1915) is well known for his popularization of insect natural history, especially in the ten volumes of Souvenirs Entomoligiques. Although a reclusive amateur, with no scientific training, he was an acute observer of insect behavior. He combined his observations (most made in his own backyard) with a humanistic writing style that made his books popular, at least later in his life; during most of his life, the successive volumes of Souvenirs Entomologiques attracted only mild attention. Fabre was 84 when the last volume appeared, and soon afterward he was "discovered." He was elected to numerous scientific societies, provided a government pension, and even the President of France came to visit him.
Artikelname: The Larger Water Beetles of the British Isles
Artikelbeschreibung: For those who love the spectacular larger water beetles of the British Isles, this is the publication that you have been waiting for! It is the only modern publication with colour illustrations of all of our aquatic coleopteran megafauna and it provides the most up-to-date distribution maps revealing their current distributions.Jam-packed with fascinating details of their life-histories, this book covers 11 species including the 6 native 'Great Diving Beetles' and the 'Silver Water Beetles'. It is also copiously illustrated and has much additional information including details of observed climate-induced range changes and the conservation measures required to ensure their continued survival.
Artikelname: Tiger Beetles
Artikelbeschreibung: Tiger beetles ore one of the most obvious and ubiquitous families of any insect taxon-some 2300 species ore found on nearly all the land surfaces of the earth. Their frequently showy colors, brazen behavior, and ability to live in habitats ranging from dry, alkaline lakebeds to tropical rain forests hove captured the interest of amateur and professional entomologists alike Although tiger beetles hove been widely studied the wealth of knowledge has been synthesized only briefly in few sources. In Tiger Beetles, David L. Pearson and Alfried P Vogler provide for the first time a detailed integration and summary of all that is known about the family Cicindelidae.
The book's early chapters cover anatomy, distribution, and natural history. Pearson and Vogler build from these basics to show the usefulness of tiger beetles for exploring questions in genetics, biogeography, ecology, behavior, and conservation.
Artikelname: Tiger Beetles of Alberta
Artikelbeschreibung: Among beetles, tiger beetles are some of the favourites of nature-loving people. Large, active, and colourful, tiger beetles are as watchable as birds, and easily as fascinating. Well-loved naturalist John Acorn offers a fun and fascinating look at some of Alberta's smaller predators.
Artikelname: Water Bugs and Water Beetles
Artikelbeschreibung: With perhaps the notable exception of dragonflies and damselflies, the majority of invertebrates which inhabit our ponds and streams go largely unnoticed. Yet, as anyone who has ever gone pond dipping knows, simply look below the surface and you will quickly discover an extraordinary variety of life. Perhaps the most numerous and arguably the most interesting inhabitants of this underwater world are the water bugs and water beetles. With evocative names such as water scorpions, pondskaters and whirligigs, they come in a variety of shapes and sizes. Frequently brightly coloured or adorned with exquisite markings they are all supremely adapted to life on, in or alongside water. The Water Bugs and Water Beetles of Surrey showcases their beauty, character and behaviour. Despite being landlocked, Surrey supports one of the richest wetland beetle and bug faunas in Britain and the majority of British species occur in the county. The Water Bugs and Water Beetles of Surrey covers all aquatic Heteroptera (or ‘true bugs’) together with those members of the order Coleoptera (the beetles) which spend at least part of their life cycle in water or alongside water. Following the format established by earlier titles in the Surrey Wildlife Atlas Series, it includes detailed notes on the distribution and ecology of all species known in the county. For readers new to the subject, the book also includes a general introduction to the biology of these fascinating animals whilst representatives from every family are illustrated in over 200 colour photographs, including most of the species which can be easily named and identified.
Although a county based book it is a very good general handbook useful for indentifying Water Beetles & Water Bugs in Britain.
Artikelname: World Catalogue of the Genus Carabus L
Artikelbeschreibung:
A continuation of "The Checklist of the Genus Carabus", this work includes the valid names of the subgeneric, specific and subspecific level, and all synonyms. It details geographical distributions and type localities for all taxa, and the most up-to-date studies in taxonomy.
NOW OUT OF PRINT. MAY BE ABLE TO OBTAIN USED COPIES IF REQUIRED.