Arthropod collection and identification : field and laboratory techniques / Timothy J. Gibb, Christian Y. Oseto.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gibb, Timothy J.

Contributor:

Oseto, C. Y.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arthropoda--Collection and preservation.

Arthropoda.

Arthropoda--Identification.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (325 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Title from cover : Anthropod collection and identification : laboratory and field techniques

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Arthropods are the most numerous and diverse group of animals and studying them requires the use of specialized equipment and specific procedures. This text describes effective methods and equipment for collecting, identifying, rearing, examining, and preserving insects and mites, and explains how to store and care for specimens in collections. It also provides instructions for the construction of many kinds of collecting equipment, traps, rearing cages, and storage units, as well as updated and illustrated keys for identification of the classes of arthropods and the orders of insects. Such

Contents:

Front Cover; Arthropod Collection and Identification Field and Laboratory Techniques; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Part 1: Basic Tools and General Techniques; Introduction; Chapter 1. Equipment and Collecting Methods; 1.1 Equipment; 1.2 Collecting Nets; 1.3 Killing Containers and Agents; 1.4 Aspirators and Suction Devices; 1.5 Other Collection Devices; 1.6 Traps; 1.7 Baits, Lures, and Other Attractants; 1.8 Pheromones and OtherAttractants; 1.9 Collecting Aquatic Insects; 1.10 Collecting Soil Insects; 1.11 Collecting Ectoparasites; 1.12 Collecting Regulated Insects

1.13 Collecting Insects for Pest Management Audits1.14 Collecting Insects for Medico-Criminal Investigations; 1.15 Rearing; 1.16 Collecting Insects for Molecular Research; Chapter 2. Agents for Killing and Preserving; Chapter 3. Storage of Specimens; 3.1 Temporary Storage; 3.2 Mounting Specimens; 3.3 Labeling; 3.4 Care of the Collection; 3.5. Packaging and Shipping Specimens; Part 2: Classification of Insects and mites; Introduction; Chapter 4. Classification of Insects and Mites; 4.1 Key to Classes of Arthropoda; 4.2 Class Arachnida; 4.3 Subclass Acari

4.4 Classes Diplopoda, Chilopoda, Pauropoda, and Symphyla4.5 Class Crustacea; 4.6 Class Hexopoda (Insecta); Chapter 5. Synopsis of Insect Orders; 5.1 Subclass Class Entognatha: Primitive Wingless Hexapods; 5.2. Subclass Ectognatha: Primitive Wingless Hexapods; 5.3 Subclass Pterygota (Insecta): Winged and Secondarily Wingless Insects; 5.4 Key to Orders of Hexapoda (Insects); Chapter 6. Descriptions of Hexapod Orders; 6.1 Protura; 6.2 Diplura; 6.3 Collembola; 6.4 Microcoryphia; 6.5 Thysanura; 6.6 Ephemeroptera; 6.7 Odonata; 6.8 Orthoptera; 6.9 Blattodea; 6.10 Mantodea; 6.11 Phasmatodea

6.12 Gryllblattodea6.13 Dermaptera; 6.14 Isoptera; 6.15 Embiidina; 6.16 Plecoptera; 6.17 Psocoptera; 6.18 Zoraptera; 6.19 Mallophaga; 6.20 Anoplura; 6.21 Thysanoptera; 6.22 Hemiptera; 6.23 Homoptera; 6.24 Coleoptera; 6.25 Strepsiptera; 6.26 Mecoptera; 6.27 Neuroptera; 6.28 Tricoptera; 6.29 Lepidoptera; 6.30 Diptera; 6.31 Siphonaptera; 6.32 Hymenoptera; Summary; GLOSSARY; REFERENCES; APPENDIX; I Liquid Preservation Formulas; II Guidelines for Mounting Small and Soft-Bodied Specimens (SEL); III Directory- State Extension Service Directors and Administrators

IV Submitting Specimens for Identification (SEL)INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-79537-2

9786611795375

0-08-091925-1

OCLC:

437245371