Zoological Catalogue of Australia Vol 23 Archaeognatha...: Archaeognatha, Thysanura, Blattodea, Isoptera, Mantodea, Dermaptera, Phasmatodea, Embioptera, Zoraptera - Hardcover

Smith, G B

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0643060359 ISBN 13: 9780643060357

Verlag: CSIRO Publishing, 1998

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Reseña del editor

This volume is the first 'port-of-call' for information on the bristetails, silverfish, cockroaches, termites, praying mantids, earwigs, stick-insects, web spinners and zorapterans found in Australia and its offshore territories. Many species are of significant economic and medical importance, and many are unique to Australia.One of 46 proposed volumes on the insect fauna of Australia, this authoritative work catalogues all the described species for each of these nine groups. Also included are details of their nomenclature, type data, distribution, ecological attributes, and important bibliographical references associated with each taxon. The work contains many new taxonomic decisions.

Biografía del autor

David Rentz received his PhD in Entomology from the University of California, Berkeley and was appointed Curator of Entomology at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. He held that position until 1975 when he took a similar position at the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco. From 1976 to 2001, he was Curator of Orthopteroid Insects in the Australian National Insect Collection, Canberra (CSIRO). His research specialty is the katydids (Tettigoniidae), and he produced three volumes of a monograph on the Australian species. He has written widely on Australian Orthopteroid insects and has produced a number of CDs and CD-ROMs as well as popular books on the Australian fauna. Now retired, he currently lives in Kuranda, Queensland. H. M. Abbey Gerasimos (Gerry) Cassis is Head of the Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Research at the Australian Museum. He has over 25 years of research experience on Heteroptera and is mainly interested in bugs associated with plants. His research focuses on the biodiversity, biogeography and systematics of the Heteroptera, with particular interest on the Australian fauna. He has published three books as well as numerous scientific articles. Dr Cassis is also Deputy Chair of the Biological Diversity Council of New South Wales and a founding member of the International Heteropterists Society.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: CSIRO Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0643060359
• ISBN 13: 9780643060357
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 464