Dragonfly Genera of the New World: An Illustrated And Annotated Key to the Anisoptera

by Garrison, Rosser W.

• ISBN13: 9780801884467
• ISBN10: 0801884462
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-08-01
• Publisher: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV PRESS

Summary

Dragonfly Genera of the New World is a beautifully illustrated and comprehensive guide to the taxonomy and ecology of dragonflies in North, Middle, and South America. A reference of the highest quality, this book reveals their striking beauty and complexity of this diverse order. Although Odonata -- dragonflies and damselflies -- are among the most studied groups of insects, until now there has been no reliable means to identify the New World genera of either group. This volume provides fully illustrated and up-to-date keys for all dragonfly genera with descriptive text for each genus, accompanied by distribution maps and 1,595 diagnostic illustrations, including wing patterns and characteristics of the genitalia. For entomologists, limnologists, and ecologists, Dragonfly Genera of the New World is an indispensable resource for field identification and laboratory research.

Author Biography

Rosser W. Garrison is an insect biosystematist at the California Department of Food and Agriculture. Natalia von Ellenrieder is a researcher for CONICET at IBIGEO in Salta, Argentina. Jerry A. Louton is manager of the Department of Entomology's Information Technology Unit at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Key to families	p. 9
Petaluridae	p. 13
Austropetaliidae	p. 19
Aeshnidae	p. 25
Gomphidae	p. 65
Neopetaliidae	p. 133
Cordulegastridae	p. 135
Libellulidae : key to subfamilies	p. 139
Macromiinae	p. 141
Corduliinae	p. 145
Libellulinae	p. 173
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