Evolution of the insects /
Grimaldi, David A.
Evolution of the insects / David Grimaldi, Michael S. Engel. - Cambridge [U.K.] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005. - 1 online resource (xv, 755 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 662-732) and index.
Diversity and evolution -- Fossil insects -- Arthropods and the origin of insects -- The insects -- Earliest insects -- Insects take to the skies -- Polyneoptera -- The Paraneopteran orders -- The Holometabola -- Coleoptera and Strepsiptera -- Hymenoptera : ants, bees, and other wasps -- Antliophora : scorpionflies, fleas, and true flies -- Amphiesmenoptera : the caddisflies and Lepidoptera -- Insects become modern : the Cretaceous and Tertiary periods.
"This book chronicles, for the first time, the complete evolutionary history of insects: their living diversity, relationships, and 400 million years of fossils. Whereas other volumes have focused on either living species or fossils, this is the first comprehensive synthesis of all aspects of insect evolution. Current estimates of phylogeny are used to interpret the 400-million-year fossil record of insects, their extinctions, and radiations." "Evolution of the Insects is beautifully illustrated with more than 900 photo- and electron micrographs, drawings, diagrams, and field photographs, many in full color and virtually all original. The book will appeal to anyone engaged with insect diversity: professional entomologists and students, insect and fossil collectors, and naturalists."--Jacket
English.
9780511126024 (electronic bk.) 0511126026 (electronic bk.) 9780511123887 0511123884 9780511125164 051112516X 9780511199370 0511199376 0521821495 9780521821490 1316085864 9781316085868 1299772420 9781299772427 0511182147 9780511182143
9780521821490
Insects--Evolution.
Insects.
Insecta
Evolution
Insectes--Évolution.
Insectes.
NATURE--Animals--Insects & Spiders.
SCIENCE--Life Sciences--Zoology--Entomology.
Insects--Evolution.
Evolution
Insekten
Insecten.
Evolutionaire biologie.
Insecta.
Evolução.
Electronic books.
QL468.7 / .G75 2005eb
595.7/138
QL468.7 / .G75 2005
QL 468.7 G861e 2005
Evolution of the insects / David Grimaldi, Michael S. Engel. - Cambridge [U.K.] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005. - 1 online resource (xv, 755 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 662-732) and index.
Diversity and evolution -- Fossil insects -- Arthropods and the origin of insects -- The insects -- Earliest insects -- Insects take to the skies -- Polyneoptera -- The Paraneopteran orders -- The Holometabola -- Coleoptera and Strepsiptera -- Hymenoptera : ants, bees, and other wasps -- Antliophora : scorpionflies, fleas, and true flies -- Amphiesmenoptera : the caddisflies and Lepidoptera -- Insects become modern : the Cretaceous and Tertiary periods.
"This book chronicles, for the first time, the complete evolutionary history of insects: their living diversity, relationships, and 400 million years of fossils. Whereas other volumes have focused on either living species or fossils, this is the first comprehensive synthesis of all aspects of insect evolution. Current estimates of phylogeny are used to interpret the 400-million-year fossil record of insects, their extinctions, and radiations." "Evolution of the Insects is beautifully illustrated with more than 900 photo- and electron micrographs, drawings, diagrams, and field photographs, many in full color and virtually all original. The book will appeal to anyone engaged with insect diversity: professional entomologists and students, insect and fossil collectors, and naturalists."--Jacket
English.
9780511126024 (electronic bk.) 0511126026 (electronic bk.) 9780511123887 0511123884 9780511125164 051112516X 9780511199370 0511199376 0521821495 9780521821490 1316085864 9781316085868 1299772420 9781299772427 0511182147 9780511182143
9780521821490
Insects--Evolution.
Insects.
Insecta
Evolution
Insectes--Évolution.
Insectes.
NATURE--Animals--Insects & Spiders.
SCIENCE--Life Sciences--Zoology--Entomology.
Insects--Evolution.
Evolution
Insekten
Insecten.
Evolutionaire biologie.
Insecta.
Evolução.
Electronic books.
QL468.7 / .G75 2005eb
595.7/138
QL468.7 / .G75 2005
QL 468.7 G861e 2005