Description

Table of Contents

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

PART 1: INSECTS AS ORGANISMS

1. Introduction
2. The Insect Body
3. The Integument
4. Continuity of the Generations: Development and Reproduction
5. Maintenance and Movement
6. Reception of Stimuli and Integration of Activities
7. Social Relationships

PART 2: INSECT ECOLOGY AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER ORGANISMS

8. Diversity and Adaptations of Insects in Selected Habitats
9. Insects and Vascular Plants
10. Entomophagous Insects
11. Insects and Microbes
12. Medical and Veterinary Entomology
13. Pest Management
14. Insects and Conservation

PART 3: INSECT DIVERSITY

15. The Study of Classification
16. An Evolutionary Perspective of the Insects
17. Keys to the Orders of Hexapoda
18. The Noninsect Hexapoda: Protura, Collembola, and Diplura
19. The Apterygote Insects: Archaeognatha and Thysanura
20. Order Ephemeroptera (Mayflies)
21. Order Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies)
22. Order Blattodea (Including former Isoptera): Cockroaches and Termites
23. Order Mantodea (Mantids)
24. Order Grylloblattodea (Grylloblattids)
25. Order Mantophasmatodea (Heelwalkers or Gladiators)
26. Order Dermaptera (Earwigs)
27. Order Plecoptera (Stoneflies)
28. Order Embiidina (Embioptera, Webspinners, Embiids)
29. Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, etc.)
30. Order Phasmatodea (Stick Insects)
31. Order Zoraptera (ZorapterAns)
32. Order Psocoptera (Psocids, Bark Lice, and Book Lice)
33. Order Phthiraptera (Lice)
34. Order Hemiptera (Bugs, Leafhoppers, etc.)
35. Order Thysanoptera (Thrips)
36. Order Megaloptera (Alderflies and Dobsonflies)
37. Order Raphidioptera (Snakeflies)
38. Order Neuroptera (Lacewings, Ant Lions, etc.)
39. Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
40. Order Strepsiptera (Twisted Wing Parasites)
41. Order Hymenoptera (Bees, Wasps, Ants, etc.)
42. Order Mecoptera (Scorpion Flies)
43. Order Diptera (Flies)
44. Order Siphonaptera (Fleas)
45. Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
46. Order Trichoptera (Caddisflies)
47. Collecting and Preservation

GLOSSARY
REFERENCES CITED
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