Encyclopedia of South American Aquatic Insects: Hemiptera - Heteroptera Illustrated Keys to Known Families, Genera, and Species in South America /

• Main Author: Heckman, Charles W. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2011.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Animal ecology.; Aquatic ecology.; Zoology.; Entomology.; Life Sciences.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.; Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography.; Animal Ecology.

Hemiptera - Heteroptera encompasses the three well-defined suborders of the true bugs which are adapted to an aquatic or littoral habitat.  The book begins with a section on the biology these insects and provides illustrations of the basic features of their morphology and outlines the larval develop...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• An appeal for quality in taxonomic work
• Scope of the work
• Acknowledgements
• Section 6: Hemiptera
• Key to the suborders
• Key to the infraorders of Heteroptera in South America
• 6.1 Morphology
• 6.2 Ecology
• 6.3 Preservation and examination
• 6.4 Zoogeography
• 6.5 Taxonomic problems
• 6.6 Suggestions for improvement
• 6.7 Keys to aquatic Heteroptera in South America.