Morphology and Evolution of the Insect Abdomen. With Special Reference to Developmental Patterns and Their Bearings upon Systematics

✍ Scribed by Ryuichi Matsuda and G. A. Kerkut (Auth.)

Publisher: Pergamon Press
Year: 1976
Tongue: English
Leaves: 559
Edition: 1st
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Some titles of related interest, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Introduction, Page vii
Acknowledgements, Page viii
1 - Morphogenetical regularities and anagenesis, Pages 3-9
2 - Heterochrony, Pages 9-24
3 - Substitution and homology, Pages 24-30
4 - Homology and analogy, Pages 31-42
5 - Conclusions and Prospects, Pages 43-45
6 - Summary, Pages 45-48
7 - Abdominal segmentation, Pages 51-62
8 - Abdominal appendages and similar structures, Pages 62-71
9 - The male external genitalia, Pages 71-80
10 - The ovipositor and associated structures, Pages 81-86
11 - The origin of external genitalia in insects, Pages 86-91
12 - The male efferent duct and associated structures, Pages 92-97
13 - The female efferent duct and associated structures, Pages 97-104
14 - The abdominal ganglia, Pages 104-107
15 - The Protura, Pages 111-114
16 - The Collembola, Pages 114-118
17 - The Diplura, Pages 118-122
18 - The Thysanura, Pages 122-131
19 - The Odonata, Pages 132-141
20 - The Ephemeroptera, Pages 141-151
21 - The Plecoptera, Pages 151-158
22 - The Embioptera, Pages 158-160
23 - The Phasmida, Pages 160-167
24 - The Zoraptera, Pages 167-168
25 - The Blattaria, Pages 169-180
26 - The Isoptera, Pages 180-187
27 - The Mantodea, Pages 187-191
28 - The Grylloblattodea, Pages 191-194
29 - The Orthoptera, Pages 195-219
30 - The Dermaptera, Pages 219-230
31 - The Coleoptera, Pages 230-255
32 - The Psocoptera, Pages 256-262
33 - The Phthiraptera (Mallophaga and Anoplura), Pages 262-271
34 - The Thysanoptera, Pages 271-280
35 - The Homoptera, Pages 280-299
36 - The Heteroptera, Pages 300-315
37 - The Neuroptera, Pages 315-324
38 - The Mecoptera, Pages 325-335
39 - The Diptera, Pages 335-363
40 - The Siphonaptera, Pages 363-372
41 - The Hymenoptera, Pages 373-396
42 - The Strepsiptera, Pages 397-401
43 - The Trichoptera, Pages 401-410
44 - The Lepidoptera and Zeugloptera, Pages 410-429
Literature cited, Pages 431-500
Additions to Literature cited, Page 501
Taxonomic index (generic, tribal, subfamilial and familial), Pages 503-512
Author index, Pages 513-526
Subject index, Pages 527-532
OTHER TITLES IN THE SERIES IN PURE AND APPLIED BIOLOGY (ZOOLOGY DIVISION), Pages 533-534

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