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Diving Beetles of the World

Name: Diving Beetles of the World
Brand: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
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JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESSISBN: 9781421420547

Systematics and Biology of the Dytiscidae

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By Kelly B. Miller, Johannes Bergsten
Imprint: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
Release Date: December 14, 2016
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Among the hundreds of thousands of species of beetles, there is one family, containing some 4,300 species, that stands out as one of the most diverse and important groups of aquatic predatory insects. This is the Dytiscidae, whose species are commonly known as diving beetles. No comprehensive treatment of this group has been compiled in over 130 years, a period during which a great many changes in classification and a near quadrupling of known species has occurred.

In Diving Beetles of the World, Kelly B. Miller and Johannes Bergsten provide the only full treatments of all 186 Dytiscid genera ever assembled. Entomologists, systematists, limnologists, ecologists, and others with an interest in aquatic systems or insect diversity will find these extensively illustrated keys and taxon accounts immensely helpful. The keys make it possible to identify all taxa from subfamily to genera, and each key and taxon treatment is accompanied by both photographs and detailed pen-and-ink drawings of diagnostic features.

Every genus account covers body length, diagnostic characters, classification, species diversity, a review of known natural history, and world distribution. Each account is also accompanied by a range map and at least one high-resolution habitus image of a specimen. Diving beetles are fast becoming important models for aquatic ecology, world biogeography, population ecology, and animal sexual evolution and, with this book, the diversity of the group is finally accessible.

Preface vii 1. Introduction 1 2. Taxonomy and Morphology 21 3. Keys to Major Groups Subfamilies, Adults 39 Subfamilies, Larvae 43 Subterranean & Terrestrial Genera 45 4. Subfamily Matinae 50 5. Subfamily Lancetinae 53 6. Subfamily Agabinae 55 7. Tribe Hydrotrupini 57 8. Tribe Agabini 62 9. Subfamily Colymbetinae 69 10. Subfamily Copelatinae 78 11. Subfamily Laccophilinae 87 12. Tribe Agabetini 89 13. Tribe Laccophilini 91 14. Subfamily Cybistrinae 103 15. Subfamily Dytiscinae 111 16. Tribe Dytiscini 114 17. Tribe Hydaticini 118 18. Tribe Aubehydrini 121 19. Tribe Eretini 123 20. Tribe Aciliini 125 21. Subfamily Coptotominae 133 22. Subfamily Hydrodytinae 135 23. Subfamily Hydroporinae 138 24. Tribe Laccornini 145 25. Tribe Laccornellini 147 26. Tribe Hydroporini 150 27. Subtribe Hydroporina 154 28. Subtribe Deronectina 162 29. Subtribe Siettitiina 172 30. Subtribe Sternopriscina 180 31. Tribe Vatellini 190 32. Tribe Methlini 194 33. Tribe Hydrovatini 196 34. Tribe Pachydrini 199 35. Tribe Hygrotini 201 36. Tribe Hyphydrini 207 37. Tribe Bidessini 219 Literature Cited 260 Index 307

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