Australian beetles. Volume 1 : morphology, classification and keys / John F. Lawrence and Adam Slipinski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lawrence, John F.

Contributor:

Ślipiński, Stanisław Adam.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Beetles--Australia--Classification.

Beetles.

Beetles--Australia--Identification.

Beetles--Australia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (570 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Collingwood, Victoria : CSIRO Publishing, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Volume 1 in a three-volume series that represents a comprehensive treatment of the beetles of Australia.

Contents:

Cover

Australian Beetles

CONTENTS

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

1. INTRODUCTION

FOSSIL HISTORY

AUSTRALIAN BEETLES AND THEIR HABITATS

Vegetative Surfaces - Forest Canopy

Flowers and Male Cones - Pollen-feeding

Cones, Seeds and Seed Pods

Bark and Wood Surfaces

Subcortical Habitats - Under Bark of Living and Dead Trees and Logs

Living and Dead Wood - Wood Borers

Herbaceous Plant Tissue - Stem Borers, Gall Makers and Leaf Miners

Palm Fronds

Leaf Litter and Ground Debris

Animal Nests

Caves

Grasses and Grasslands

Soil

Dung

Carrion

Fungal Fruiting Bodies

Myxomycetes

Ascomycetes (particularly Xylariaceae)

Wood-Rotting Mushrooms and Bracket Fungi

Ground Mushrooms, Puffballs and Stinkhorns

Hypogean Fruiting Bodies

Marine and Freshwater Littoral Zones

Standing Fresh Water (Lentic Habitats)

Subterranean Aquifers

Moving Fresh Water - Lotic and Hygropetric Habitats

COLLECTING BEETLES

Beating and Brushing

Sweeping

Sifting Litter and Other Debris

Litter Extraction

Pitfall Traps

Light Sheets and Light Traps

Flight Interception

Canopy Fogging

ADULT MORPHOLOGY

Body Form and Size

Cuticle and Surface Features

Head Capsule

Antennae

Mandibles

Ventral Mouthparts

Prothorax

Pterothorax and Elytra

Hind Wings

Legs

Abdomen

Male Genitalia

Female Genitalia

Musculature

Internal Anatomy

Karyotype

LARVAL MORPHOLOGY

Body Form

Stemmata

Labrum

Thorax

Abdominal Apex

Respiratory Modifications

EGGS

PUPAE

BIOLOGY

General

Symbiotic Relationships

Defensive Adaptations

Reproduction and Life History

Natural Enemies

Economic Significance.

SPECIAL FEATURES OF THE AUSTRALIAN FAUNA

2. CLASSIFICATION AND KEYS

CLASSIFICATION

LIST OF BEETLE FAMILIES

ADULT AND LARVAL KEYS

ADULTS

3. FAMILY TREATMENTS

ARCHOSTEMATA

1. OMMATIDAE

Adult (Figs 1A, 54A, C, 68A)

Larva

Classification and World Distribution

Australian Fauna

2. CUPEDIDAE

Adult (Fig. 54D)

Larva (Figs 42F, 56D)

MYXOPHAGA

3. SPHAERIUSIDAE

Adult (Fig. 55A)

Larva (Fig. 33C-D)

ADEPHAGA

4. GYRINIDAE

Adult (Figs 55H, J, 66L)

Larva (Fig. 56E)

Australian Subfamilies, Tribes and Genera

5. HALIPLIDAE

Adult (Fig. 55D-E)

6. NOTERIDAE

Adult (Fig. 55F-G)

Larva (Fig. 58E)

7. HYGROBIIDAE

Adult (Fig. 55B-C)

Larva (Fig. 42B)

8. DYTISCIDAE

Adult (Figs 1D, 55I)

Larva (Fig. 56I-J)

9. CARABIDAE

Adult (Figs 1B-C, E-F, 54B, L, 66A-K)

Larva (Fig. 56A-C, F-G)

POLYPHAGA

STAPHYLINIFORMIA

HYDROPHILOIDEA

10. HYDROPHILIDAE

Adult (Fig. 57A-C, J-K)

Larva (Fig. 58A-C, I-J, L)

11. HISTERIDAE

Adult (Figs 2D, 57L, 77A-C)

Larva (Fig. 35H)

Australian Subfamilies, Tribes and Genera.

STAPHYLINOIDEA

12. HYDRAENIDAE

Adult (Figs 57I, 77D, I)

Larva (Fig. 58D)

13. PTILIIDAE

Adult (Figs 58H, 59A-B)

14. LEIODIDAE

Adult (Figs 59C-D, 67I-J)

Larva (Fig. 34G)

15. SILPHIDAE

Adult (Figs 2A-B, 59E, 68B)

Larva (Fig. 58K)

16. STAPHYLINIDAE

Adult (Figs 1G-H, 59F-P, 67A-H, 67K-L)

Larva (Fig. 58G)

SCARABAEIFORMIA: SCARABAEOIDEA

17. GEOTRUPIDAE

Adult (Figs 3E, 60K-L, 68I)

Australian Subfamilies and Genera

18. PASSALIDAE

Adult (Figs 3G, 32C, 60J)

Larva (Fig. 60I)

19. TROGIDAE

Adult (Figs 3H, 60E)

Larva (Fig. 34M)

20. LUCANIDAE

Adult (Figs 2E, G, 60D, 68C-E)

Larva (Fig. 34F)

21. HYBOSORIDAE

Adult (Figs 60M-N, 68J)

22. SCARABAEIDAE

Adult (Figs 2F, H, 3A-D, F, 61A-F, I, 68F-H, K-L)

Larva (Figs 33F, 42L, 61H)

SCIRTIFORMIA: SCIRTOIDEA

23. CLAMBIDAE

Adult (Fig. 60B, F-G)

Larva.

Classification and World Distribution

24. EUCINETIDAE

Adult (Fig. 60C)

25. SCIRTIDAE

Adult (Fig. 60A)

Larva (Fig. 60H)

ELATERIFORMIA

DASCILLOIDEA

26 DASCILLIDAE

Adult (Fig. 62A)

27. RHIPICERIDAE

Adult (Figs 5C, 62D)

Larva (late instar) (based on exotic genera Sandalus Knoch and Polymerius Philippi)

Larva (first instar)

BUPRESTOIDEA

28. BUPRESTIDAE

Adult (Figs 4A-H, 69A-G)

Larva (Figs 5B, 34L, 65A)

29. BYRRHIDAE

Adult (Figs 62I, 69I-J)

Larva (Figs 34N, 65B)

30. LIMNICHIDAE

Adult (Figs 63D, 69H)

31. HETEROCERIDAE

Adult (Fig. 62H)

32. ELMIDAE

Adult (Figs 62G, 63E)

Larva (Fig. 65H)

33. PSEPHENIDAE

Adult (Fig. 62J)

Larva (Fig. 65I)

34. PTILODACTYLIDAE

Adult (Fig. 62E-F)

Larva (Fig. 65J)

35. CHELONARIIDAE

Adult (Fig. 63A)

36. CALLIRHIPIDAE

Adult (Fig. 62B-C)

ELATEROIDEA

37. RHINORHIPIDAE

Adult (Fig. 62K).

Larva

38. BRACHYPSECTRIDAE

Adult (Fig. 70H)

Larva (Figs 5G, 65K)

39. EUCNEMIDAE

Adult (Fig. 64B-C)

Larva (Fig. 35I)

40. THROSCIDAE

Adult (Fig. 64D)

41. ELATERIDAE

Adult (Figs 5D, 64A, E-H, 70A-F)

Larva (Figs 35B, F, 65D)

42. LYCIDAE

Adult (Figs 5E, 64I)

Larva (Fig. 42C)

43. LAMPYRIDAE

Adult (Figs 5F, H, 64K-L)

Larva (Figs 65E)

44. CANTHARIDAE

Adult (Figs 6C, 64J, 70G)

Larva (Figs 6E, 35A)

DERODONTIFORMIA: DERODONTOIDEA

45. DERODONTIDAE

Adult (Fig. 81C)

46. NOSODENDRIDAE

Adult (Fig. 81G-H)

Larva (Fig. 35J)

47. JACOBSONIIDAE

Adult (Fig. 81D)

BOSTRICHIFORMIA: BOSTRICHOIDEA

48. DERMESTIDAE

Adult (Figs 6D, 63F-I, L-M)

Larva (Fig. 63J-K)

49. BOSTRICHIDAE

Adult (Figs 6B, 81B, E, J)

Larva (Figs 34A, 81K)

50. PTINIDAE

Adult (Figs 6A, 70I-L, 81A, F, I, L)

Larva (Fig. 81M).

Classification and World Distribution.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 27, 2013).

ISBN:

9780643106673

0643106677

9780643097292

0643097295

OCLC:

842133126