American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia
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| Rating | : | 4.85 (638 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0849319250 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 464 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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Provides information in a well-organized format." - Southeastern Naturalist, Issue 3/2, 2004 "The most complete text on the subject. Une mise a jour de cette qualith serait peut-jtre nhcessaire dans notre pays, coordinant les Faunes de France, qui hhlas sont loin d'avoir fait le tour des Colhoptires. published nearly 40 years ago (1960), this excellent set is indispensable for graduate students, faculty, researchers, and professionals seriously interested in beetle identification and ecology." --CHOICE, January 2003. Une belle production de CRC Press qui fait honneur a cette maison d'hdition. This 2 volume set provides general features for quick diagnoses, as well as dichotomous keys for identifying every genus of beetle occurring in the United States and Canada. Cette fois 109 familles sont traithes, soit 131 familles en tout. Nous sommes loin du premier volume de Ross Arnett "The Beetles of
Good intermediate to advance-level book circa24 The American beetles has already gotten a workout as it has helped me identify numerous beetles that I have found this past summer. To use the book effectively, one should be familiar with entomological terminology and be able to use a dichotomous key. The book is NOT a field guide, and does not have images (which can be misleading) of the beetles. Instead, it asks the reader to understand the basics of insect anatomy. With that information, you will quickly lean . SkyDancer said Indispensable for Coleopterologists; not so useful for the amateur.. What can be said? There's no other volume that allows keying of beetles to Genus for ALL Families of the US. Two rants: First, it's nearly impossible to use in a practical sense because of the binding. If I'm keying out a Carabid, for example, the spine won't lay flat unless I break it. Second, the Color Plates were in B&W. A defect of my copy, perhaps? But this is a superhuman effort by a lot of people and a fitting memorial to Ross Arnett's original work.. George G. Sims said A true "must have".. It took me quite awhile to save up enough to afford this book, and the companion Volume II; however, it is a "must have" for anyone seriously interested in Coleoptera. Couldn't get along without it. It is THE beetle book.
Built on the foundation of the original work and almost completely rewritten with contributions from more than 60 coleopterists, these volumes describe each family with separate paragraphs for head, thorax, abdomen, genitalia, eggs, larvae, and pupae. The editors have chosen the most respected of specialists to contribute the entries.. A thorough update of Arnett's The Beetles of the United States, American Beetles, Volumes I and II cover the genera of beetles that occur in Alaska, Canada, and the contiguous United States. This bestselling first volume covers the suborders Archostemata, Myxophaga, and Adephaga, plus the series Staphyliniformia of the suborder Polyphaga.Arnett and Thomas offer the most sweeping text available on the subject of North American beetles. Each section is presented in the same concise format, and the organization of the information is bt family