Principles of Insect Morphology

✍ Scribed by R. E. Snodgrass; George C. Eickwort

• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 683
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This classic text, first published in 1935, is once again available. Still the standard reference in the English language, Principles of Insect Morphology is considered the author's masterpiece. A talented artist as well as one of the leading entomologists of his day, Robert E. Snodgrass produced a wealth of publications that display an accuracy and precision still unsurpassed.

The 19 chapters in this volume cover each group of insect organs and their associated structures, at the same time providing a coherent morphological view of their fundamental nature and apparent evolution. To accomplish this aim, Snodgrass compares insect organs with those of other arthropods. Each chapter concludes with a glossary of terms. The 319 multipart illustrations are an invaluable source of information and have never been duplicated.

This edition includes a new foreword by George Eickwort, Professor of Entomology at Cornell University, which relates the book to today's courses in insect morphology. Republication of this textbook will provide another generation of students with an essential foundation for their studies in entomology.

✦ Table of Contents

CONTENTS
FOREWORD TO THE 1993 PRINTING
PREFACE
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER II. GENERAL ORGANIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER III. THE BODY WALL AND ITS DERIVATIVES
CHAPTER IV. BODY REGIONS, SCLERITES, AND SEGMENTATION
CHAPTER V. THE SEGMENTAL APPENDAGES OF ARTHROPODS
CHAPTER VI. THE HEAD
CHAPTER VII. THE HEAD APPENDAGES
CHAPTER VIII. THE THORAX
CHAPTER IX. THE THORACIC LEGS
CHAPTER X. THE WINGS
CHAPTER XI. THE ABDOMEN
CHAPTER XII. THE ORGANS OF INGESTION
CHAPTER XIII. THE ALIMENTARY CANAL
CHAPTER XIV. THE ORGANS OF DISTRIBUTION, CONSERVATION, AND ELIMINATION
CHAPTER XV. THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
CHAPTER XVI. THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
CHAPTER XVII. THE SENSE ORGANS
CHAPTER XVIII. THE INTERNAL ORGANS OF REPRODUCTION
CHAPTER XIX. THE ORGANS OF COPULATION AND OVIPOSITION
REFERENCES
INDEX