Artikelname: A Catalogue of the Type Specimens of Ixodida (Acari: Argasidae, Ixodidae) Deposited in the Natural History Museum, London
Artikelbeschreibung: This catalogue lists the primary and secondary types of 319 argasid and ixodid species group names, including 68 junior subjective synonyms, from approximately 80 countries and protectorates.
Artikelname: A Dipterists Handbook
Artikelbeschreibung: A practical book for both the beginner and the initiated on collecting, breeding and studying the two-winged flies. Describes equipment, trapping, preservation, habitat, plant and animal associations and behaviour. Includes a detailed chapter on the larval stages with an illustrated key to families. Detailed appendices give records from a wide range of sources, brought together for the first time. An essential book for the keen Dipterist.
Artikelname: Adults, Larvae and Pupae of British Mosquitoes (Culicidae)
Artikelbeschreibung: This provides a key to not only the adults but keys also to the fourth instar larvae and the pupae as well as information on their ecology and their medical importance as carriers of disease. The keys are illustrated throughout with close up drawings of the important features.
Artikelname: Blowflies
Artikelbeschreibung: Blowflies are very common and well known insects which most of us recognise as bluebottles and greenbottles. They are easy to keep in captivity and are therefore an ideal group to study. They are the subject of much research due to the parasitic nature of their larvae and their possible benefits to forensic scientists when determining time of death of corpses.
Artikelname: British Dixidae (Meniscus Midges) abd Thaumaleidae (Trickle Midges)
Artikelbeschreibung: These midge larvae are often found in unpolluted water. These keys cover the two groups separatley and split them down into adults, mature larvae and pupae. There are also notes on the ecology of both groups. The keys are illustrated throughout with line drawing to illustrate the main features and with some black and white photographs.
Artikelname: British Freshwater Megaloptera and Neuroptera
Artikelbeschreibung: This book contains a key to adults as well as a key to the larval stages. There are also notes on their ecology and life cycles and an extensive reference list of literature. It is illustrated with black and white line drawings, some graphs and the occasional photograph.
Artikelname: British Hoverflies
Artikelbeschreibung: British Hoverflies: an illustrated identification guide was first published in 1983, and rapidly gained an excellent reputation for enabling these attractive flies to be identified more easily and accurately than hitherto. The keys were prepared by Alan Stubbs after extensive testing by both beginners and experienced dipterists. The keys contain illustrations of identification features alongside the couplets, which allows species to be recognised more readily than with previous publications. The text summarises an extensive body of information that was previously dispersed in many publications, as well as including numerous original observations based on many years of fieldwork. The colour plates by Steven Falk are widely acknowledged to be some of the finest painted for any group of British insects.
The book describes all the Hoverflies on the British List, current to the beginning of the year 2002. These enable all currently named British hoverflies to be identified as well as giving references to many recent studies of hoverflies in Britain and abroad.
Artikelname: Dipterists Digest Number 1 : Hoverfly Special
Artikelbeschreibung: A selection of articles covering various topics relating to British & European diptera but mainly hoverflies.
Contents include: Syrphidae known from temperate Western Europe: potential additions to the fauna of Great Britain and Ireland and a provisional species list for N. France Some Diptera of Buckinghamshire Wetlands Hoverflies in a city, experience in Coventry Some notes on the Hoverflies of the North Merseyside Costal Dune System.
Artikelname: Dipterists Digest Number 12:Dolichopodidae & Empiddae
Artikelbeschreibung: Contents Include: LAURENCE, B.R. The two fonus of Empis tesellata (Diptera, Empididae). MACGOWAN, I. Rhamphomyia plumipes (Diptera, Empididae) in Scotland. COLE, J. The male genitalia of some Argyra species (Diptera, Dolichopididae). MACGOW AN, I. & HORSFIELD, D. Further records of Platypalpus alter (Diptera, Empididae). HODGE, P.J. A record of Achalcus melanotrichus (Diptera, Dolichopididae) from East Sussex. HODGE, P.J. A record of Hercostomus praetextatus (Diptera, Dolichopididae) from South Hampshire. CHV ALA, M. Key to British species of Empis s.str. (Diptera, Empididae). CHANDLER, P. Anthalia beatricella sp.n. and two other additions to the British List of Oedaleini (Diptera, Empididae). POLLET, M. Reedmarshes: a poorly appreciated habitat for Dolichopididae. PLANT, A.R. Tachypezafennica (Diptera, Empididae) new to Britain. HODGE. P.J. Lamprochromus strobli (Dolichopididae) confirmed as a British species. CROSSLEY, R. Cheetham and Kowarz Dolichopids at Leeds City Museum. DYTE, C.E. & POULDING, R.H. The distribution of Aphrosylus mitis (Diptera, Dolichopididae). HODGE, P.J. Two recent East Sussex records for Platypalpus excisus (Diptera, Empididae).
Artikelname: Dipterists Digest Number 13:Preimaginal Stages & Rearing issue
Artikelbeschreibung: A selection of articles covering various topics relating to the finding, rearing and identifying the immature stages of diptera.
Contents include:
Observations of the behaviour and immature stages of Dixella graeca Pandazis (Diptera : Dixidae) E. Kathleen Goldie-Smith
Notes on the taxonomy of the puparia of British Sphaeroceridae. Peter Skidmore
A Guide to the Rearing of Shoot Flies. John C. Deeming
New rearing records of fungus gnats (Diptera: Mycetophilidae and allied families) Peter J. Chandler
Two undescribed larvae of the genus Jungiella Vaillant (Diptera, Psychodidae) with a key to the known larvae. Riidiger Wagner
Artikelname: Dipterists Digest Number 14: Scottish Islands Series
Artikelbeschreibung: A selection of articles covering various topics relating to the diptera of the Outer Hebrides and Rum
Contents include: A Survey of Diptera on the Isle of Rum Additions to the list of diptera from the Western Isles. Composite list of Diptera collected in South Uist, Benbecual and North Uist.
Artikelname: Drosophila :A Practical Approach
Artikelbeschreibung: Drosophila, the scientist's favorite laboratory organism, is a key subject for studying genetics, development, and behavior. The second edition of this popular hands-on guide brings the methodology up-to-date, with contributions from the leading researchers in the field.
Artikelname: Hoverflies Of Surrey
Artikelbeschreibung: Surrey is home to an astonishing 209 out of the UK's 270 different species of hoverflies so perhaps it is no surprise that it is also one of the best-recorded counties in Britain. This book is the first to deal with the full range of species found in the County and will hopefully provided a benchmark for other county recording schemes. It has been written with the needs of a variety of users in mind, from hoverfly specialist to anyone with a passing interest in this common but poorly understood group of insects. The book contains a set of detailed species accounts including an extensive list of food plants and conservation notes for site managers. The book also deals with related subjects such as geology, recording techniques and some of the less well-known aspects of individual species' biology. The author, Roger Morris, has had a lifelong interest in entomology and since 1990 has jointly run the national Hoverfly Recording Scheme with Dr Stuart Ball.
Although a "county" guide the book would be useful to entomologists in other areas of Britain and Ireland.
Artikelname: Mayflies
Artikelbeschreibung: Mayflies are common insects throughout Britain but they largely go unnoticed. This book looks at how to recognise the nymphs and the adults, their life history and techniques for their study as well as the illustrated identification keys.
Artikelname: Methuselah Flies: A Case Study in the Evolution of Aging
Artikelbeschreibung: Methuselah Flies presents a trailblazing project on the biology of aging. It describes research on the first organisms to have their lifespan increased, and their aging slowed, by hereditary manipulation. These organisms are fruit flies from the species Drosophila melanogaster, the great workhorse of genetics. Michael Rose and his colleagues have been able to double the lifespan of these insects, and improved their health in numerous respects as well. The study of these flies with postponed aging is one of the best means we have of understanding, and ultimately achieving, the postponement of aging in humans. As such, the carefully presented detail of this book will be of value to research devoted to the understanding and control of aging.
Artikelname: Mosquitoes
Artikelbeschreibung: There is a lot of scope for the study of British mosquitoes and this book looks at ways in which this research may be tackled. The life histories of mosquitoes are described and there is the normal identification keys.
Artikelname: Old Turriff
Artikelbeschreibung: Alan Cooper has written several books for us over the past few years and his captions for Old Turriff are typically full and informative. Among the subjects featured are several pictures of the station, plus High Street, Balmellie Street, Main Street, Chapel Street and Skene Croft. My personal favourites, however, are those of the Turra Coo, forcibly sold as a result of a farmer's protest over National Insurance and then later triumphantly returned to him having been bought back by his supporters.
Artikelname: Tachinid Flies
Artikelbeschreibung: An identification key is provided for the adults of British Tachinidae (Diptera). A summary of the biology and distribution of each species is given, including a list of British host records. The natural history of the family is reviewed briefly, with emphasis placed on the reproductive strategies and interactions with the host. A check list includes all old generic and specific names used in the British literature since 1928.
Artikelname: Tephritid Flies
Artikelbeschreibung: One of the excellant "Handbooks for the Indentification of British Insects", this one covering the Tephritid Flies
Artikelname: The Biology of Mosquitoes: Vol 1, Development, Nutrition and Reproduction
Artikelbeschreibung: Mosquitoes are important insects not only because of their major role as disease vectors or nuisance insects but also because they are used as experimental animals for insect physiology. "The Biology of Mosquitoes" covers both the functional and physiological aspects of mosquito biology. The book covers all life stages of mosquitoes and ranges from molecular biology and ultrastructure at one end to behaviour at the other. The topics are covered in detail, and to a standard to satisfy specialists but care has also been taken to make the contents intelligible to any informed entomologist or biologist. This book should be of interest to researchers in medical entomology, mosquito biology, health workers and interested entomologists.
Artikelname: The British Caddisflies
Artikelbeschreibung: This book fills a gap in the literature of Entomology in which there is no text-book still in print dealing with the Order of the Trichoptera or Caddis Flies. It is not an exhaustive monograph but rather a handbook by means of which collectors may identify their captures and thereby complete a knowledge of the fauna of their districts. The classification of the Trichoptera is based on neuration and the structure of the genitalia rather than on wing-markings, and consequently the author has relied upon figures of those characters, numbering no fewer than 633, with three plates, reproduced from photographs from nature.
Chapters are included on Life History, Structure, Classification and Collecting.
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Artikelname: The Chironomidae :Biology and Ecology of Non-biting Midges
Artikelbeschreibung: An account of the ecology of the Chironomidae since 1954 and provides a state-of-the-art account of the family including both pure and applied aspects of research. The book should be valuable to entomologists and ecologists and to workers involved in biological monitoring in the water industry.
Artikelname: The Evolutionary Biology of Flies
Artikelbeschreibung: Though small and occasionally annoying, flies (Dipteria) have had an important role in deepening scientists' understanding of modern biology and evolution. The study of flies has figured prominently in major advances in the fields of molecular evolution, physiology, genetics, phylogenetics, and ecology over the last century. This volume, with contributions from top scientists and scholars in the field, brings together diverse aspects of research and will be essential reading for entomologists and fly researchers.
THIS VOLUME IS DUE TO BE PUBLISHED IN LATE AUGUST 2005. Pre Publication orders can be taken.
Artikelname: The Making of a Fly: The Genetics of Animal Design
Artikelbeschreibung: Understanding how a multicelluar animal develops from a single cell (the fertilized egg) poses one of the greatest challenges in biology today. Development from egg to adult involves the sequential expression of virtually the whole of an organisms genetic instructions both in the mother as she lays down developmental cues in the egg, and in the embryo itself. Most of our present information on the role of genes in development comes from the invertebrate fruit fly, Drosophila. The two authors of this text (amongst the foremost authorities in the world) follow the developmental process from fertilization through the primitive structural development of the body plan of the fly after cleavage into the differentiation of the variety of tissues, organ and body parts that together define the fly. The developmental processes are fully explained throughout the text in the modern language of molecular biology and genetics.
Artikelname: The Siphonini (Diptera: Tachinidae) of Europe
Artikelbeschreibung: A detailed account of the taxonomy, biology and distribution of the European species of Siphonini, this volume presents an analysis and proposal on the systematic position of the Siphonini, together with a key to larger taxonomic entities of Tachinidae. The generic classification is also critically emphasized, and a separate chapter summarizes aspects of the group's natural history: life-cycles, mating behaviour, oviposition strategies etc. The taxonomic section of the text contains identification keys to genera and species, and for each species a diagnosis, description and accounts of the nomenclature, biology and distribution is given. A separate catalogue details the provincial distribution of the 47 species occurring in Fennoscandia and Denmark.