A Survey of Entomology

by Young, Frank N., Jr.; Kritsky, Gene

• ISBN13: 9780595221431
• ISBN10: 0595221432
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-04-01
• Publisher: Writers Club Pr

Table of Contents

Introduction	xi
The Importance of Insects	1	(14)
Agricultural Pests	2	(1)
Biological Control	3	(1)
Vectors of Disease	3	(2)
Beneficial Insects	5	(1)
Insects as Pollinators of Plants	6	(2)
Industrial Materials Produced by Insects	8	(1)
Insects as Food	9	(2)
Honey, Honey Gathering, and Beekeeping	11	(3)
Insects as Tools in Scientific Research	14	(1)
Conclusions	14	(1)
The Basic Structure of Insects	15	(35)
Integument	15	(5)
Processes of the Body Wall	20	(2)
The Body Form of Insects	22	(3)
The Insect Body Plan	25	(1)
The Insect Head	25	(2)
The Thorax	27	(4)
Legs	31	(1)
Wings	32	(8)
Venation of the Wings	40	(1)
Abdomen	41	(1)
Integument of the Alimentary Canal	42	(1)
Tracheal System	43	(1)
Insect Circulatory System	44	(2)
Malpighian Tubules, the Fat Body, and Other Cellular Structures in the Hemocoel	46	(4)
Muscles, Locomotion, and Flight	50	(14)
Myology	50	(1)
Locomotion	51	(1)
Functioning of the Leg Muscles	52	(3)
Flight in Insects	55	(2)
Flight Muscles	57	(6)
Wing Articulation	63	(1)
The Nervous System	64	(16)
Function of Nerves	65	(3)
The Reflex Are	68	(2)
Summary of Some Experimental Studies on the Insect Nervous System	70	(1)
Sense Organs	71	(3)
Organs of Vision	74	(6)
Insect Reproductive Systems and Development	80	(15)
Metamorphosis	85	(4)
Insect Hormones and the Control of Molting	89	(3)
Pheromones	92	(3)
Insect Behavior	95	(17)
Defensive Behavior	98	(2)
Reproductive Behavior	100	(3)
Communication in Insects	103	(3)
Protective Coloration in Insects	106	(6)
Insect Evolution	112	(8)
The Extinct Orders of Insects	117	(3)
Insect Classification	120	(9)
Genetic Compatibility	121	(2)
What is a Species?	123	(1)
Higher categories	123	(1)
The Genus (Genera)	124	(1)
The Family	124	(1)
The Order, Class, and Phylum	125	(1)
Distribution of Arthropods	126	(2)
Size of Arthropods	128	(1)
Insects' Place in Nature	129	(9)
Noninsectan Hexapods	138	(5)
Class Protura	138	(1)
Class Diplura	139	(1)
Class Collembola	140	(3)
The Primitively Wingless Insects	143	(4)
Order Archaeognatha	143	(1)
Order Thysanura	144	(3)
The Primitively Winged Insects	147	(8)
Order Ephemeroptera	147	(4)
Order Odonata	151	(4)
Subclass Neoptera	155	(23)
The Former Orthopteroidea	155	(1)
Order Plecoptera	156	(2)
Order Blattaria	158	(2)
Order Mantodea	160	(1)
Order Isoptera	161	(7)
Order Grylloblattodea	168	(1)
Order Dermaptera	169	(1)
Order Orthoptera	170	(3)
Order Phasmida	173	(1)
Order Embiidina	174	(1)
Order Zoraptera	175	(3)
The Hemipteroidea	178	(14)
Order Psocoptera	178	(1)
Order Mallophaga	179	(2)
Order Anoplura	181	(1)
Order Thysanoptera	182	(3)
Order Hemiptera	185	(7)
The Endopterygota	192	(17)
The Former Neuropteroidea	193	(1)
Order Megaloptera	193	(1)
Order Raphidioptera	194	(1)
Order Neuroptera	195	(3)
The Former Coleopteroidea	198	(1)
Order Coleoptera	198	(9)
Order Strepsiptera	207	(2)
The Former Mecopteroidea	209	(16)
Order Mecoptera	209	(1)
Order Diptera	210	(7)
Order Siphonaptera	217	(1)
Order Trichoptera	218	(1)
Order Lepidoptera	219	(6)
The Former Hymenopoeroidea	225	(6)
Order Hymenoptera	225	(6)
APPENDIX 1: METHODS OF COLLECTING AND PRESERVING ARTHROPODS	231	(20)
Killing, Preserving, and Preparing Insects for Study	234	(6)
Some Special Techniques for Collecting and Preserving Insects	240	(11)
APPENDIX 2: IDENTIFYING INSECTS AND NONINSECTAN HEXAPODS	251	(14)
Beyond the Order	252	(13)
Additional Readings	265	(2)
Glossary	267	(15)
Postscript Order Mantophasmatodea	282	(1)
About The Authors	283	(2)
Index	285