At the Size Limit - Effects of Miniaturization in Insects

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Polilov, Alexey A. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Animal ecology.; Animal anatomy.; Animal physiology.; Invertebrates.; Life Sciences.; Animal Anatomy / Morphology / Histology.; Animal Physiology.; Animal Ecology.

This book addresses microinsects, their structure and their differences from larger relatives. Moreover, it discusses structural changes that accompany extreme diminution in living organisms, evolutionary inventions that help insects to live in the microworld, and factors that limit the size of anim...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Methods of collecting and studying microinsects
• 3. Structure of the principal groups of microinsects
• 3.1. The smallest free-living insects (Coleoptera: Ptiliidae, Corylophidae)
• 3.2. The smallest parasitoid insects (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae, Trichogrammatidae; Strepsiptera)
• 3.3. Hemimetabolous microinsects (Psocoptera: Liposcelididae; Thysanoptera: Thripidae)
• 4. Peculiar miniature-related structural features of different organ systems
• 5. Changes in relative size of organs that accompany decrease in body size
• 6. Effects of miniaturization on the different stages of the life cycle
• 7. Analysis of peculiar miniaturization-related structural features in different groups of animals
• 8. Effects of miniaturization on the physiology and behaviour of insects
• 9. Limiting factors of decrease in body size
• 10. The consequences of miniaturization for insect ecology and evolution
• 11. Conclusions
• 12. References
• 13. Appendix (Tables of homology between morphological terms used in descriptions of morphology in insects of different orders).