Thorp and Covich’s Freshwater Invertebrates, Fourth Edition: Keys to Neotropical Hexapoda, Volume Three, provides a guide for identifying and evaluating a key subphylum, hexapoda, for Central America, South America and the Antarctic. This book is essential for anyone working in water quality management, conservation, ecology or related fields in this region, and is developed to be the most modern and consistent set of taxonomic keys available. It is part of a series that is designed to provide a highly comprehensive, current set of keys for a given bioregion, with all keys written in a consistent style.
This series can be used for a full spectrum of interested readers, from students, to university professors and government agencies.
1. Division I. Introduction and Subclass Entognatha - p. xxiii 2. Chapter 1. Introduction - p. 3 3. Chapter 2. Class Collembola - p. 11 4. Subclass Insecta - p. 55 5. Section II.1. Orders Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, Orthoptera, Blattodea, Hemiptera, Neuroptera, Megaloptera, Hymenoptera, Trichoptera, Lepidoptera, and Mecoptera - p. 55 6. Chapter 3. Order Ephemeroptera - p. 61 7. Chapter 4. Order Plecoptera - p. 119 8. Chapter 5. Order Orthoptera - p. 143 9. Chapter 6. Order Blattodea - p. 169 10. Chapter 7. Order Hemiptera - p. 175 11. Chapter 8. Order Megaloptera - p. 217 12. Chapter 9. Order Neuroptera - p. 229 13. Chapter 10. Order Trichoptera - p. 237 14. Introduction - p. 237 15. Limitations - p. 238 16. Terminology and Morphology - p. 239 17. Material Preparation and Preservation - p. 239 18. Keys to Trichoptera - p. 245 19. Chapter 11. Order Lepidoptera - p. 325 20. Chapter 12. Order Hymenoptera - p. 339 21. Chapter 13. Order Mecoptera - p. 349 22. Section II.2. Order Odonata - p. 351 23. Chapter 14. Order Odonata - p. 355 24. Chapter 14.1. Superfamily Aeshnoidea - p. 367 25. Chapter 14.2. Superfamily Gomphoidea - p. 377 26. Chapter 14.3. Odonata: Superfamily Libelluloidea - p. 399 27. Chapter 14.4. Superfamily Calopterygoidea - p. 449 28. Chapter 14.5. Superfamily Lestoidea - p. 469 29. Chapter 14.6. Superfamily Coenagrionoidea - p. 475 30. Section II.3. Order Coleoptera - p. 494 31. Chapter 15. Order Coleoptera: Introduction - p. 497 32. Chapter 15.1. Families Hydroscaphidae and Torridincolidae - p. 519 33. Chapter 15.2. Families Gyrinidae, Haliplidae, and Noteridae - p. 527 34. Chapter 15.3. Family Dytiscidae - p. 539 35. Chapter 15.4. Family Hydrophilidae - p. 561 36. Chapter 15.5. Family Hydraenidae - p. 577 37. Chapter 15.6. Families Dryopidae, Elmidae, and Psephenidae - p. 583 38. Chapter 15.7. Family Scirtidae - p. 599 39. Section II.4. Order Diptera - p. 603 40. Chapter 16. Order Diptera - p. 607 41. Chapter 16.1. Family Ceratopogonidae - p. 625 42. Chapter 16.2. Family Chironomidae - p. 661 43. Chapter 16.3. Family Simuliidae - p. 701 44. Chapter 16.4. Family Thaumaleidae - p. 719 45. Chapter 16.5. Family Culicidae - p. 723 46. Chapter 16.6. Family Dixidae - p. 747 47. Chapter 16.7. Family Corethrellidae - p. 751 48. Chapter 16.8. Family Chaoboridae - p. 755 49. Chapter 16.9. Family Blephariceridae - p. 759 50. Chapter 16.10. Family Psychodidae - p. 765 51. Chapter 16.11. Family Stratiomyidae - p. 771 52. Chapter 16.12. Family Syrphidae - p. 779 53. Chapter 16.13. Family Periscelididae - p. 785 54. Chapter 16.14. Family Ephydridae - p. 789 55. Taxonomic Index - p. 795
Thorp and Covich’s Freshwater Invertebrates, Fourth Edition: Keys to Neotropical Hexapoda, Volume Three, provides a guide for identifying and evaluating a key subphylum, hexapoda, for Central America, South America and the Antarctic. This book is essential for anyone working in water quality management, conservation, ecology or related fields in this region, and is developed to be the most modern and consistent set of taxonomic keys available. It is part of a series that is designed to provide a highly comprehensive, current set of keys for a given bioregion, with all keys written in a consistent style.
This series can be used for a full spectrum of interested readers, from students, to university professors and government agencies.
1. Division I. Introduction and Subclass Entognatha - p. xxiii 2. Chapter 1. Introduction - p. 3 3. Chapter 2. Class Collembola - p. 11 4. Subclass Insecta - p. 55 5. Section II.1. Orders Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, Orthoptera, Blattodea, Hemiptera, Neuroptera, Megaloptera, Hymenoptera, Trichoptera, Lepidoptera, and Mecoptera - p. 55 6. Chapter 3. Order Ephemeroptera - p. 61 7. Chapter 4. Order Plecoptera - p. 119 8. Chapter 5. Order Orthoptera - p. 143 9. Chapter 6. Order Blattodea - p. 169 10. Chapter 7. Order Hemiptera - p. 175 11. Chapter 8. Order Megaloptera - p. 217 12. Chapter 9. Order Neuroptera - p. 229 13. Chapter 10. Order Trichoptera - p. 237 14. Introduction - p. 237 15. Limitations - p. 238 16. Terminology and Morphology - p. 239 17. Material Preparation and Preservation - p. 239 18. Keys to Trichoptera - p. 245 19. Chapter 11. Order Lepidoptera - p. 325 20. Chapter 12. Order Hymenoptera - p. 339 21. Chapter 13. Order Mecoptera - p. 349 22. Section II.2. Order Odonata - p. 351 23. Chapter 14. Order Odonata - p. 355 24. Chapter 14.1. Superfamily Aeshnoidea - p. 367 25. Chapter 14.2. Superfamily Gomphoidea - p. 377 26. Chapter 14.3. Odonata: Superfamily Libelluloidea - p. 399 27. Chapter 14.4. Superfamily Calopterygoidea - p. 449 28. Chapter 14.5. Superfamily Lestoidea - p. 469 29. Chapter 14.6. Superfamily Coenagrionoidea - p. 475 30. Section II.3. Order Coleoptera - p. 494 31. Chapter 15. Order Coleoptera: Introduction - p. 497 32. Chapter 15.1. Families Hydroscaphidae and Torridincolidae - p. 519 33. Chapter 15.2. Families Gyrinidae, Haliplidae, and Noteridae - p. 527 34. Chapter 15.3. Family Dytiscidae - p. 539 35. Chapter 15.4. Family Hydrophilidae - p. 561 36. Chapter 15.5. Family Hydraenidae - p. 577 37. Chapter 15.6. Families Dryopidae, Elmidae, and Psephenidae - p. 583 38. Chapter 15.7. Family Scirtidae - p. 599 39. Section II.4. Order Diptera - p. 603 40. Chapter 16. Order Diptera - p. 607 41. Chapter 16.1. Family Ceratopogonidae - p. 625 42. Chapter 16.2. Family Chironomidae - p. 661 43. Chapter 16.3. Family Simuliidae - p. 701 44. Chapter 16.4. Family Thaumaleidae - p. 719 45. Chapter 16.5. Family Culicidae - p. 723 46. Chapter 16.6. Family Dixidae - p. 747 47. Chapter 16.7. Family Corethrellidae - p. 751 48. Chapter 16.8. Family Chaoboridae - p. 755 49. Chapter 16.9. Family Blephariceridae - p. 759 50. Chapter 16.10. Family Psychodidae - p. 765 51. Chapter 16.11. Family Stratiomyidae - p. 771 52. Chapter 16.12. Family Syrphidae - p. 779 53. Chapter 16.13. Family Periscelididae - p. 785 54. Chapter 16.14. Family Ephydridae - p. 789 55. Taxonomic Index - p. 795
