Stick Insects of the Continental United States and Canada : Species and Early Studies

by Arment, Chad

• ISBN13: 9781930585232
• ISBN10: 1930585233
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-10-01
• Publisher: Lightning Source Inc

Summary

Insect collectors, breeders, photographers, and other nature hobbyists will find this book useful when searching for the walkingsticks of North America. The masterful camouflage of stick insects intrigues anyone who is fortunate to find and recognize one in the field. This guide provides data on known regions of inhabitation, host plant preferences, and characters to distinguish the various species. Also included are reprints of classic entomological studies on our native stick insects: systematics, natural history, and behavior.

Table of Contents

Part I: Walkingsticks of the Continental U.S. and Canada
Identifying North American Stick Insects	11	(4)
Anisomorpha	15	(3)
Aplopus	18	(1)
Diapheromera	19	(8)
Manomera	27	(2)
Megaphasma	29	(1)
Parabacillus	30	(2)
Pseudosermyle	32	(2)
Sermyle	34	(1)
Timema	35	(12)
References	47	(8)
Part II: Early Studies
The Phasmidae, or walkingsticks, of the United States	55	(31)
Andrew Nelson Caudell (1903)
The species of Diapheromera (Phasmidae) found in the United States and Canada	86	(3)
Samuel H. Scudder (1901)
Two Orthoptera hitherto unrecorded from the United States (excerpt)	89	(3)
Andrew Nelson Caudell (1904)
Aplopus mayeri, new species	92	(2)
Andrew Nelson Caudell (1905)
Regarding Diapheromera veleie Walsh and Manomera blatchleyi Caudell (Orth.: Phasmidae)	94	(2)
Andrew Nelson Caudell (1918)
The Walking-Sticks (extract)	96	(19)
W.S. Blatchley (1920)
A new walking-stick insect from eastern North America	115	(4)
W.T. Davis (1923)
The races of Diapheromera veliei (Orthoptera, Phasmidae, Heteronemiinae)	119	(3)
Morgan Hebard (1931)
Studies in Orthoptera which occur in North America north of the Mexican boundary. IV. Synonymy and a New Species of the Genus Diapheromera, (Phasmidae, Heteronemiinae). V. The Pachymorphinae of the United States (Phasmidae)	122	(14)
Morgan Hebard (1934)
Studies in Orthoptera which occur in North America north of the Mexican boundary. VII. Notes and a new species of Timema, and a new race of Diapheromera velii, (Phasmidae)	136	(8)
Morgan Hebard (1937)
A study on the structure of the egg of the walking-stick, Diapheromera femorata Say; and the biological significance of the resemblance of phasmid eggs to seeds	144	(10)
Henry P. Severin (1910)
The effect of moisture and dryness on the emergence from the egg of the walking-stick Diapheromera femorata Say	154	(3)
Henry P. Severin and Harry C. Severin (1910)
The life-history of the walking-stick, Diapheromera femorata Say	157	(15)
Henry P. Severin and Harry C. Severin (1911)
The mechanism in the hatching of the walking stick, Diapheromera femorata Say	172	(5)
Henry P. Severin and Harry C. Severin (1911)
Inheritance in the "Walking-Stick," Aplopus mayeri	177	(6)
Charles R. Stockard (1908)
Habits, reactions, and mating insticts of the "walking stick," Aplopus mayeri	183	(18)
Charles R. Stockard (1908)
An unusual occurrence of walking-sticks	201	(1)
Hortense Butler (1914)
Vaporous discharge by Anisomorpha buprestoides	202
W.L. MacAtee (1918)