A Guide To The Breeding Habits And Immature Stages Of Diptera Cyclorrhapha

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Ecomorphology of Cyclorrhaphan Larvae (Diptera)

Author : Graham E. Rotheray
Publisher : Springer
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319925462

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Ecomorphology of Cyclorrhaphan Larvae (Diptera) by Graham E. Rotheray Pdf

This book offers an overview of the larva of Diptera Cyclorrhapha. It first discusses the principal forms, functions and roles of larvae, and then evaluates feeding, locomotion and respiration in larval saprophages, phytophages and zoophages as keys to understanding and predicting larval morphology. It also highlights how the environment affects morphology, the adaptiveness of morphological features and compares the adaptive features. Assessing the larval attributes that have the potential to explain the success of the Cyclorrhapha, the book also suggests future research directions and provides a summary of main findings and conclusions. As such, it appeals to entomologists, evolutionary biologists and Diptera researchers in all fields.

Blowflies (Diptera, Calliphoridae) of Fennoscandia and Denmark

Author : Rognes
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2024-03-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789004273498

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Blowflies (Diptera, Calliphoridae) of Fennoscandia and Denmark by Rognes Pdf

The Calliphoridae are a widespread family of insects of great medical, veterinary and forensic importance. They encompass, among others, the familiar greenbottle and bluebottle filth flies. The book presents a taxonomic revision of the blowflies of Fennoscandia and Denmark. Keys and diagnoses, descriptions, summaries of distribution and biology are given for all taxa. Male and female genitalia are illustrated in great detail. The nomenclature is revised and numerous new specific and generic synonymies are established. Full references to the primary literature are given. A new subfamily classification of the world Calliphoridae is proposed on the basis of cladistic principles. The definition and higher classification of the family and related groups are discussed.

Forensic Entomology

Author : Jason H. Byrd,Jeffery K. Tomberlin
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 897 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-27
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781351163743

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Forensic Entomology by Jason H. Byrd,Jeffery K. Tomberlin Pdf

Forensic Entomology: The Utility of Arthropods in Legal Investigations, Third Edition continues in the tradition of the two best-selling prior editions and maintains its status as the single-most comprehensive book on Forensic Entomology currently available. It includes current, in-the-field best practices contributed by top professionals in the field who have advanced it through research and fieldwork over the last several decades. The use of entomology in crime scene and forensic investigations has never been more prevalent or useful given the work that can be done with entomological evidence. The book recounts briefly the many documented historical applications of forensic entomology over several thousand years. Chapters examine the biological foundations of insect biology and scientific underpinnings of forensic entomology, the principles that govern utilizing insects in legal and criminal investigations. The field today is diverse, both in topics studied, researched and practiced, as is the field of professionals that has expanded throughout the world to become a vital forensic sub-discipline. Forensic Entomology, Third Edition celebrates this diversity by including several new chapters by premier experts in the field that covers such emerging topics as wildlife forensic entomology, microbiomes, urban forensic entomology, and larval insect identification, many of which are covered in depth for the first time. The book will be an invaluable reference for investigators, legal professionals, researchers, practicing and aspiring forensic entomologists, and for the many students enrolled in forensic science and entomology university programs.

Natural Enemies of Terrestrial Molluscs

Author : G. M. Barker
Publisher : CABI
Page : 666 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Science
ISBN : 0851990614

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Natural Enemies of Terrestrial Molluscs by G. M. Barker Pdf

This book provides the first coherent examination of the vast literature on the diversity of organisms that constitute the natural enemies of terrestrial molluscs. In a series of review chapters, it provides an authoritative synthesis of current research on predators, parasites and pathogens and how they might be used to control mollusc pests.

Manual of Central American Diptera

Author : Brian Victor Brown
Publisher : NRC Research Press
Page : 746 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780660199580

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Manual of Central American Diptera by Brian Victor Brown Pdf

While volume 1 includes several introductory chapters and treats 42 families of flies in the Lower Diptera, volume 2 covers the remaining 64 families of flies that make up the Higher Diptera (or Cyclorrhapha). These include families of house flies, fruit flies, bot flies, flower flies and many other lesser-known groups. The text is accompanies by over 1660 line drawings and photographs.

An Introduction to the Aquatic Insects of North America

Author : Richard W. Merritt,Kenneth W. Cummins
Publisher : Kendall Hunt
Page : 894 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0787232416

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An Introduction to the Aquatic Insects of North America by Richard W. Merritt,Kenneth W. Cummins Pdf

Australian Lauxaniid Flies

Author : SP Kim
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780643105867

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Australian Lauxaniid Flies by SP Kim Pdf

The Lauxaniidae are one of the largest families of acalyptrate Diptera (series Schizophora) and are distributed in all the major zoogeographical regions of the world. Early taxonomic work on the family began in Europe and some notable studies were done during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Since then few significant revisions on regional faunas have been undertaken. There are 142 recognized genera and about 1550 described species in the world fauna of Lauxaniidae as compiled from available references (Shewell 1965, 1977, 1986, 1987; Stuckenberg 1971a; Miller 1977a,c, 1980; Papp 1984a, 1984b; Yarom 1986; Evenhuis and Okadome 1989; Hirashima 1989; Broadhead 1989; Sasakawa and Pong 1990; Colless and McAlpine 1991; Sasakawa 1992; Silva, pers. comm.). The family has been divided into two subfamilies distinguished principally by the costal form: Homoneurinae Stuckenberg 1971 having a homoneuriform costa (its spinules stop abruptly at or just before the apex of R4 + 5) and Lauxaniinae Shewell 1977 with a sapromyziform costa (the spinules stop well before the apex of R4+ 5).