The insects: Structure and function

✍ Scribed by Chapman R.F.

• Publisher: CUP
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 788
• Edition: 4ed
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The Insects takes a detailed look at how insects function as animals. This textbook brings together basic anatomy and physiology and relates them to behavior. Coverage emphasizes the roles of different functional systems in the context of the whole organism using studies of many different species as examples. Unlike other texts, The Insects does not dwell on classification, opting instead to take an in-depth look at physiology, providing any biologist with a better basic understanding of how insects work. A long-awaited update of a well established standard text and respected reference work for students and researchers in zoology, entomology and physiology, this fourth edition has been rewritten throughout, while retaining the successful structure of the earlier editions. Illustrations have been augmented with electron micrographs, and expanded reference sections will make this volume a valuable addition to all biologists' bookshelves.

✦ Table of Contents

Title
......Page 3
Copyright
......Page 4
Contents
......Page 5
Preface
......Page 11
Acknowledgments......Page 13
PART I The Head, Ingestion, Utilization and
Distribution of Food......Page 19
1 Head......Page 21
2 Mouthparts and feeding......Page 30
3 Alimentary canal, digestion and absorption......Page 56
4 Nutrition......Page 87
5 Circulatory system, blood and immune systems......Page 112
6 Fat body......Page 150
PART II
The Thorax and Locomotion......Page 161
7 Thorax......Page 163
8 Legs and locomotion......Page 169
9 Wings and flight......Page 203
10 Muscles......Page 247
PART III The Abdomen, Reproduction
and Development......Page 275
11 Abdomen......Page 277
12 Reproductive system: male......Page 286
13 Reproductive system: female......Page 313
14 The egg and embryology......Page 343
15 Postembryonic development......Page 381
PART IV The Integument, Gas Exchange
and Homeostasis......Page 431
16 Integument......Page 433
17 Gaseous exchange......Page 459
18 Excretion and salt and water regulation......Page 496
19 Thermal relations......Page 527
A Physiological Co-ordination Within the Insect......Page 549
20 Nervous system......Page 551
21 Endocrine system......Page 588
B Perception of the Environment......Page 603
22 Vision......Page 605
23 Mechanoreception......Page 628
24 Chemoreception......Page 654
C Communication with Other Organisms......Page 673
25 Visual signals: color and light production......Page 675
26 Mechanical communication: producing sound
and substrate vibrations......Page 698
27 Chemical communication: pheromones and
chemicals with interspecific significance......Page 722
Taxonomic Index......Page 759
Subject Index......Page 767