Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects - Hardcover

Johnson, Norman; Triplehorn, Charles

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0030968356 ISBN 13: 9780030968358

Publisher: Brooks Cole, 2004

Synopsis

Understand the insect world with BORROR AND DELONG'S INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF INSECTS! Combining current insect identification, insect biology, and insect evolution, this biology text provides you with a comprehensive introduction to the study of insects. Numerous figures, bullets, easily understood diagrams, and numbered lists throughout the text help you grasp the material.

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Review

1. Insects and Their Ways. 2. The Anatomy, Physiology, and Development of Insects. 3. Systematics, Nomenclature, and Identification. 4. Behavior and Ecology. 5. Phylum Arthropoda. 6. Hexapoda. 7. The Entognathous Hexapods: Protura, Collembola, Diplura. 8. The Apterygote Insects: Microcoryphia and Thysanura. 9. Order Ephemeroptera: Mayflies. 10. Order Odonata: Dragonflies and Damselflies. 11. Order Orthoptera: Grasshoppers, Crickets, and Katydids. 12. Order Phasmatodea: Walkingsticks and Leaf Insects. 13. Order Grylloblattodea: Rockcrawlers. 14. Order Mantophasmatodea. 15. Order Dermaptera: Earwigs. 16. Order Plecoptera: Stoneflies. 17. Order Embiidina: Webspinners. 18. Order Zoraptera: Zorapterans, Angel Insects. 19. Order Isoptera: Termites. 20. Order Mantodea: Mantids. 21. Order Blattodea: Cockroaches. 22. Order Hemiptera: True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Psyllids, Whiteflies, Aphids, and Scale Insects. 23. Order Thysanoptera: Thrips. 24. Order Psocoptera: Psocids. 25. Order Phthiraptera: Lice. 26. Order Coleoptera: Beetles. 27. Order Neuroptera: Alderflies, Dobsonflies, Fishflies, Snakeflies, Lacewings, Antlions, and Owlflies. 28. Order Hymenoptera: Sawflies, Parasitic Wasps, Ants, Wasps, and Bees. 29. Order Trichoptera: Caddisflies. 30. Order Lepidoptera: Butterflies and Moths. 31. Order Siphonaptera: Fleas. 32. Order Mecoptera: Scorpionflies and Hangingflies. 33. Order Strepsiptera: Twisted-Winged Parasites. 34. Order Diptera: Flies. 35. Collecting, Preserving, and Studying Insects.

Synopsis

First published in the 1950s by the late James Borror and Dwight Moore DeLong, this classic text, INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF INSECTS 7TH EDITION, combines the study of insects with clear and current insect identification. In this new edition (available in a bundle with InfoTrac College Edition), Johnson and Triplehorn supply updated information on phylogeny using systematics while adding a greater emphasis on insect biology and evolution. This greater concentration on insect systematics necessitated many content changes includingan added chapter for a newly described order, the Mantophasmatodea, as well as a new chapterreclassifying Order Homoptera (Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Hoppers Psyllids) into OrderHemiptera. Nearly every order has been modified, sometimes substantially, to reflect newdiscoveries and scientific hypotheses. Many new families have been added throughout thebook, some reflecting revised classifications, but many are the result of the discovery ofnew groups within the United States and Canada, particularly from the New World tropics.These include the families Platystictidae (Odonata), Mackenziellidae (Collembola),Mantoididae (Mantodea), and Fauriellidae (Thysanoptera).

The results of molecular analyses are beginning to substantively contribute to the developmentof a robust and predictive classification. Thus, the phylogeny of insects has changeddrastically from the last edition due to the incorporation of molecular data. The mostconspicuous of these changes, for example, is the recognition that the order Strepsiptera is mostclosely related to the true flies (Diptera), rather than to the Coleoptera. Since it was first published in the 1950s, thistext has played an important role inunderstanding and preserving the diversityof the insect world. This title'slong history, coupled with the authors' passionfor currency and accuracy, make it once again the classic text and reference.

Edition details

• Publisher: Brooks Cole
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0030968356
• ISBN 13: 9780030968358
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 888