An Introduction to the Study of Insects

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Saunders College Pub., 1989 - Nature - 875 pages
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This text uses a taxonomic approach to introduce students to the science of entomology. Extensive use of identification keys acquaints students with all the families of insects in the United States and Canada and provides means for students to identify 95% or more of the insects found occurring in North America.

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Contents

Insects and Their Ways
1
The Relation of insects to Humans
5
The Anatomy Physiology and Development of Insects
24
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An Introduction to the Study of Insects
Donald Joyce Borror,Norman F. Johnson,Charles A. Triplehorn
Snippet view - 1989
An Introduction to the Study of Insects
Donald Joyce Borror,Dwight Moore DeLong,Charles A. Triplehorn
Snippet view - 1981
An Introduction to the Study of Insects
Donald Joyce Borror,Norman F. Johnson,Charles A. Triplehorn
Snippet view - 1989

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About the author (1989)

Norman F. Johnson is a professor of biology at Ohio State University and curator of the Ohio State University insect collection. His research interests include the systematics of parasitic Hymenoptera and in particular the Proctotrupoidea. His focus to date has been on the Scelionidae, a speciose group important as biological control agents of their hosts. In 1992 he assumed the position of director of the OSU Insect Collection.

Charles A. Triplehorn is emeritus faculty at Ohio State University and his broad interests include systematics and biogeography of Coleoptera. His research is primarily on the large family Tenebrionidae, especially those of the Western Hemisphere. Since his retirement from Ohio State in 1992, he has concentrated on two major projects: a revision of the genus Eleodes and of the Neotropical Diaperini. Triplehorn is the former president of the American Entomological Society.

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TitleAn Introduction to the Study of Insects
AuthorsDonald Joyce Borror, Norman F. Johnson, Charles A. Triplehorn
Edition6, illustrated
PublisherSaunders College Pub., 1989
Original fromPennsylvania State University
Digitized26 Jun 2009
ISBN0030253977, 9780030253973
Length875 pages
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