Entomology [electronic resource] / by Cedric Gillott.
The idea of writing this book was conceived when, in the late 1960s, I began teaching a senior undergraduate class in general entomology. I soon realized that there was no suitable text for the class I intended to give. The so-called "general" or "introductory" texts reflected th...
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1980.
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Table of Contents:
- I. Evolution and Diversity
- 1 Arthropod Evolution
- 2 Insect Diversity
- 3 External Structure
- 4 Classification and Identification
- 5 Apterygote Hexapods
- 6 Paleoptera
- 7 The Orthopteroid Orders
- 8 The Hemipteroid Orders
- 9 The Panorpoid Orders
- 10 The Remaining Endopterygote Orders
- II. Anatomy and Physiology
- 11 The Integument
- 12 Sensory Systems
- 13 Nervous and Chemical Integration
- 14 Muscles and Locomotion
- 15 Gaseous Exchange
- 16 Food Uptake and Utilization
- 17 The Circulatory System
- 18 Nitrogenous Excretion and Salt and Water Balance
- III. Reproduction and Development
- 19 Reproduction
- 20 Embryonic Development
- 21 Postembryonic Development
- IV. Ecology
- 22 The Abiotic Environment
- 23 The Biotic Environment
- 24 Insects and Man
- Author Index.