Manual of Afrotropical Diptera. Vol. 1 (Introduction & Family Keys)

Published by SANBI Publishing, 2017

ISBN 10: 1928224113 (ISBN 13: 9781928224112)

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xiv, 425, 40 col maps, 800 col + 60 b/w figs, 690 line drawings. . HB. NEW. . First of a four-volume work, a collaboration of over 90 international experts on Diptera, is the first-ever synopsis of the 108 families of flies known from the Afrotropical Region and includes discussions on biology and immature stages, economic importance, classification, identification to the genus level, as well as a synopsis of each genus. This work provides the basics for understanding the diversity of a major order of insects in a large tropical and sub-tropical region and is the first such synopsis of its kind for any major insect order occurring in the Afrotropics.Volume 1 includes 11 general introductory chapters dealing with the history of Afrotropical dipterology, collection and preservation, morphology and terminology, natural history, agricultural and veterinary, medical, forensic and phytosanitary significance, biogeography, conservation and the phylogeny of flies. The volume also includes identification keys to all Afrotropical fly families for both adult and larval stages. The text is richly illustrated with over 1,600 illustrations, including 40 colour maps, 800 colour and 60 black and white images and 690 line drawings of flies. Photographs by Stephen A. MarshallSuricata, vol. 4. [9781928224112].

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Title
Manual of Afrotropical Diptera. Vol. 1 (Introduction & Family Keys)
Author
Kirk-Spriggs, A.H.; Sinclair, B.J. (Eds)
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SANBI Publishing
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2017
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New
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Hardcover
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Pemberley Books - Established 1989. Specialist Natural History Booksellers, providing a mail order service for individual, museums, research institutes, universities and libraries around the world. We supply new, used and antiquarian books on all aspects of natural history, particularly specialising in entomology. We also have a specialist bookshop in Iver (just west of London, close to M25, Iver Rail Station and Heathrow Airport) We list only books which are immediately available from stock on ABE, but can supply many other books to order.

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