The beetles of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador : evolution, ecology, and diversity (Insecta:Coleoptera) / Stewart B. Peck.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peck, Stewart B. (Stewart Blaine)

Contributor:

National Research Council Canada.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Beetles--Galapagos Islands.

Beetles.

Beetles--Galapagos Islands--Classification.

Beetles--Ecology--Galapagos Islands.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (329 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ottawa : NRC Research Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Galapagos Islands of Ecuador are world famous for their unique plants and animals, and the hints these gave to Charles Darwin in forming his ideas on evolution by natural selection. They are the world's least altered set of tropical oceanic islands. The oldest islands have been available for colonization by land plants and animals for about 3-4 million years. At least 1850 species of insects and 350 species of other terrestrial arthropods are now known to occur on the islands. Beetles are the largest order of animals, and globally comprise about 25% of all animal species. They also represent about 25% of all terrestrial animals known in the Galapagos Islands. This book is a synthesis of both previously published information and abundant new data gathered during extensive recent field studies on Galapagos beetles. Generalizations are presented on the dynamics and patterns of the evolution, ecology, and distribution of the entire beetle fauna. The core of the book is an account of the 486 species of beetles with detailed information on their distribution and bionomics. This work will be of interest to entomologists, island ecologists, evolutionary biologists, and conservation scientists as a framework for future study and protection of the fauna and flora of the islands. It is a contribution to a comparative global understanding of the origin, evolution, and ecological structuring of oceanic island insect faunas.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Abstract/Résumé

Summary

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. The Galápagos Islands:Geology, Climate, and Biotic Zonation

Chapter 3. Methods and Materials

Chapter 4. Processes I: Origin and Arrival of the Beetle Colonists

Chapter 5. Processes II: Evolution of the Beetle Fauna

Chapter 6. Patterns I: Ecology and Distribution of the Beetles

Chapter 7. Patterns II: Beetle Assemblages and Habitat Types

Chapter 8. Future Studies on Galápagos Beetles and Conservation Issues

Chapter 9. Organization of an Annotated Catalog of Galápagos Beetles

Chapter 10. Annotated Catalogue of Galápagos Beetle Species Arranged by Families

Suborder Adephaga

Family Carabidae, The Predaceous Ground Beetles and TigerBeetles

Family Gyrinidae, The Whirligig Beetles

Family Haliplidae, The Crawling Water Beetles

Family Dytiscidae, The Predaceous Diving Beetles

Suborder Polyphaga

Series Staphyliniformia

Superfamily Hydrophiloidea

Family Hydrophilidae, The Water Scavenger Beetles

Family Histeridae, The Hister Beetles

Superfamily Staphylinoidea

Family Hydraenidae, The Minute Moss Beetles

Family Ptiliidae, The Feather-winged Beetles

Family Scydmaenidae, The Antlike Stone Beetles

Family Staphylinidae, The Rove Beetles

Series Scarabaeiformia

Superfamily Scarabaeoidea

Family Passalidae, The Passalid Beetles

Family Trogidae, The Trox Beetles

Family Scarabaeidae, The Scarab Beetles

Series Elateriformia

Superfamily Buprestoidea

Family Buprestidae, The Metallic Wood-boring Beetles

Superfamily Byrrhoidea

Family Limnichidae, The Minute Marsh-loving Beetles

Family Heteroceridae, The Variegated Mud-loving Beetles

Family Chelonariidae, The Chelonariid Beetles

Superfamily Elateroidea

Family Eucnemidae, The False Click Beetles.

Family Elateridae, The Click Beetles

Family Cantharidae, The Soldier Beetles

Series Bostrichiformia

Family Jacobsoniidae, The Jacobsoniid Beetles

Superfamily Bostrichiformia

Family Dermestidae

Family Bostrychidae (including Lyctinae)

Family Anobiidae, the Spider and Death Watch Beetles

Superfamily Cleroidea

Family Trogossitidae, The Bark-Gnawing Beetles

Family Cleridae, The Checkered Beetles

Family Melyridae, The Soft-Winged Flower Beetles

Superfamily Cucujoidea

Family Nitidulidae, The Sap-feeding Beetles

Family Monotomidae, The Root-eating Beetles

Family Silvanidae, The Flat Bark Beetles

Family Laemophloeidae, The Lined Flat Bark Beetles

Family Phalacridae, The Shining Mold Beetles

Family Languriidae, The Lizard Beetles

Family Biphyllidae, The False Skin Beetles

Family Bothrideridae, The Bothriderid Beetles

Family Cerylonidae, The Minute Bark Beetles

Family Discolomatidae, The Discolomatid Beetles

Family Endomychidae, The Handsome Fungus Beetles

Family Coccinellidae, The Ladybird Beetles

Family Corylophidae, The Minute Fungus Beetles

Family Latridiidae, The Minute Brown Scavenger Beetles

Superfamily Tenebrionoidea

Family Mycetophagidae, The Hairy Fungus Beetles

Family Ciidae, The Minute Tree-fungus Beetles

Family Mordellidae, The Tumbling Flower Beetles

Family Rhipiphoridae, The Wedge-shaped Beetles

Family Colydiidae, The Cylindrical Bark Beetles

Family Tenebrionidae, The Darkling Beetles

Family Oedemeridae, The False Blister Beetles

Family Meloidae, The Blister Beetles

Family Anthicidae, The Antlike Flower Beetles

Family Aderidae, The Ant-Like Leaf Beetles

Family Scraptiidae, The False Flower Beetles

Superfamily Chrysomeloidea

Family Cerambycidae, The Long-horned Beetles

Family Bruchidae, The Seed Beetles.

Family Chrysomelidae, The Leaf Beetles

Superfamily Curculionoidea

Family Anthribidae, The Fungus Weevils

Family Brentidae, The straight-snouted weevils.

Family Curculionidae, The Weevils

Chapter 11. References

Index of Topics

Index of Taxa.

Notes:

Includes indexes.

"A publication of the National Research Council of Canada Monograph Publishing Program".

NRC No. 46850"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-299) and indexes.

Issued by: National Research Council Canada.

ISBN:

1-280-53888-0

9786610538881

0-660-19422-8

OCLC:

567850967