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Australian Beetles Series Series 1 Read Description

Australian Beetles

Morphology, Classification and Keys

Hardback
September 2013
9780643097285
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  • Publisher
    CSIRO Publishing
  • Published
    19th September 2013
  • ISBN 9780643097285
  • Language English
  • Pages 520 pp.
  • Size 8.25" x 11"
  • Images color illus, photos & line art
$193.95

The first in a projected three-volume series represents a comprehensive treatment of the beetles of Australia, a relatively under-studied fauna including many unusual and unique lineages found nowhere else on Earth. The biology and morphology for all major beetle lineages is described and illustrated, and the revised identification keys (currently recognized as one of the most valuable keys worldwide) will aid quarantine agents, biologists and students in identifying members of the most species-rich order of animals. A large section on the adult and larval morphology of beetles and a chapter on the fossil record are also included.

Volume 1 updates and expands Lawrence & Britton’s out-of-print Australian Beetles, with improved keys to all beetle families found in Australia, expanded family diagnoses as well as modern classification and additional illustrations. The introduction to beetle morphology and anatomical terms clarifies characters and terminology used in the keys; few other resources for beetle identification include such a detailed morphological background.

Key Features:

  • An updated, expanded version of the popular, out-of-print Australian Beetles, with improved keys to all beetle families found in Australia, expanded family diagnoses as well as modern classification and additional illustrations
  • The introduction to beetle morphology and anatomical terms clarify characters and terminology used in the keys; few other resources for beetle identification include such a detailed morphological background
  • Received the 2014 Whitley Award Commendation for Taxonomic Zoology.

Preface
Acknowledgements
1. INTRODUCTION
Fossil History
Australian Beetles and Their Habitats
Collecting Beetles
Adult Morphology
Larval Morphology
Eggs
Pupae
Biology
Special Features of the Australian Fauna
2. CLASSIFICATION AND KEYS
Classification
List of Beetle Families
Adult Key
Larval Key
3. FAMILY TREATMENTS
References
Index

John F. Lawrence

John F. Lawrence is one of the world’s preeminent coleopterists. He worked at Harvard University’s Museum of Comparative Zoology before emigrating to Australia, where he served as a Senior Principal Research Scientist at the Australian National Insect Collection (CSIRO) until 1999. He has published more than 200 research articles and book chapters and was co-editor of a recent volume of Handbook of Zoology, in which he authored or co-authored more than 50 chapters. John is now retired but continues to conduct research on the phylogeny and classification of beetles.

Adam Slipinski

Adam Slipinski completed his PhD and DSc in Poland. He is currently working as a senior principal research scientist and curator at the Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO. He is the author of over 200 research publications and multiple book chapters, and author of six books on the phylogeny and classification of various beetles.

Coleoptera
identification