Ecology, Systematics, and the Natural History of Predaceous Diving Beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Yee, Donald A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Biodiversity.; Aquatic ecology.; Evolutionary biology.; Animal physiology.; Entomology.; Life Sciences.; Evolutionary Biology.; Animal Physiology.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.

This comprehensive book provides one of the most complete overviews of the aquatic beetles in the family Dytiscidae, also known as predaceous diving beetles. Dytiscids constitute one of the largest families of freshwater insects with approximately 4,200 named species that come in a variety of sizes,...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Systematics of adult dytiscids
• Systematics of larval dytiscids
• Reproduction and sexual conflict
• Anatomy and Physiology
• Chemical ecology
• Communities
• Predation: effects on prey
• Predation: effects on dytiscids including intraguild predation
• Habitats
• Dispersal
• Conservation.