A field guide to the tiger beetles of the United States and Canada : identification, natural history, and distribution of the Cicindelidae / David L. Pearson, C. Barry Knisley, Charles J. Kazilek.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pearson, David L., 1943- author.

Knisley, C. Barry, author.

Kazilek, Charles J., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tiger beetles--Canada.

Tiger beetles--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Tiger beetles are among the most widely distributed families of insects worldwide. This illustrated field guide covers all 107 known species found in North America and contains full biological accounts for identification of species, behaviour and habitat.

Contents:

Contents; 1 The Magic of Tiger Beetles; 2 How to Recognize a Tiger Beetle; 3 Phylogeny and Taxonomy; 4 Illustrated Keys to Adult Genera and Species; 5 Identification of Tiger Beetle Larvae; 6 Species Accounts; Giant Tiger Beetles, Genus Amblycheila; Night-stalking Tiger Beetles, Genus Omus; Big-headed Tiger Beetles, Genus Tetracha/Megacephala; Common Tiger Beetles, Genus Cicindela; Temperate Tiger Beetles, Subgenus Cicindela; Tribon Tiger Beetles, Subgenus Tribonia; American Tiger Beetles, Subgenus Cicindelidia; Habro Tiger Beetles, Subgenus Habroscelimorpha

Eunot Tiger Beetle, Subgenus EunotaCoral Beach Tiger Beetles, Subgenus Microthylax; Opilid Tiger Beetles, Subgenus Opilidia; Little Tiger Beetles, Subgenus Brasiella; Rounded-thorax Tiger Beetles, Subgenus Cylindera; Dromo Tiger Beetles, Subgenus Dromochorus; Ellipsed-winged Tiger Beetles, Subgenus Ellipsoptera; 7 Ecology and Behavior; 8 Biogeography; 9 Conservation; 10 Observing and Studying Tiger Beetles; Selected Bibliography; Checklist of the Tiger Beetles of the United States and Canada; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Formerly CIP.

Previously issued in print: 2005.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-211) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-988458-7

0-19-770107-8

1-280-70448-9

1-4237-3495-5

0-19-804009-1

1-60256-555-4

OCLC:

437173040