The Insects of Australia: A Textbook for Students and Research Workers, Volume 1 |
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Page 41
... aquatic insects with an apneustic tracheal system oxygen diffuses into the tracheae from the surrounding water . This is made possible by the extension of fine , tra- cheal branches into tracheal gills with a large surface area ...
... aquatic insects with an apneustic tracheal system oxygen diffuses into the tracheae from the surrounding water . This is made possible by the extension of fine , tra- cheal branches into tracheal gills with a large surface area ...
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... aquatic life in insects is there- fore secondary ( Hinton 1976 , 1977 ) . In the Australian fauna all early stages are aquatic in the Ephemeroptera , Odonata ( with one exception ) , Plecoptera , Megaloptera and Trichoptera , in many ...
... aquatic life in insects is there- fore secondary ( Hinton 1976 , 1977 ) . In the Australian fauna all early stages are aquatic in the Ephemeroptera , Odonata ( with one exception ) , Plecoptera , Megaloptera and Trichoptera , in many ...
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... aquatic insects have the legs converted in varying degree to paddles by the segments being fringed with hairs , and , in forms that dive , they are often flattened ( Fig . 3.7 ) . Most adult aquatic beetles progress under water by ...
... aquatic insects have the legs converted in varying degree to paddles by the segments being fringed with hairs , and , in forms that dive , they are often flattened ( Fig . 3.7 ) . Most adult aquatic beetles progress under water by ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Skeletal anatomy and key to orders by J F LAWRENCE E S NIELSEN and I M MACKERRAS | 3 |
General anatomy and function by R F CHAPMAN | 33 |
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3-segmented abdominal segments absent adult anal antennae apex apical appendages apterous aquatic Archaeognatha areas articulation Australia Australian species basal base biological body cells cerci claws Coleoptera Collembola colour costal coxae Cretaceous cross-veins cuticle developed Diplura Diptera distal dorsal ecdysis eggs elongate endemic Entomology Ephemeroptera fauna feed female fore legs fore wing fossil fused genera genitalia genus gills glands groundplan head Hemiptera Heteroptera hind wing host Hymenoptera insects instar known Kukalová-Peck labial palp labium larvae lateral Lepidoptera lobe male Malpighian tubules mandibles margin membrane mesothorax metathorax moult mouth-parts muscles Neoptera nymphs occur ocelli Odonata organs ovipositor pair Permian pest plants posterior predators present primitive pronotum prothorax recognised reduced region sclerites sclerotised setae sometimes spines spiracles Sternorrhyncha structure stylets subfamilies Superfamily surface synapomorphies taxa termites thoracic Thysanura tibia tion tropical usually veins venation ventral