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Encyclopedia of South American Aquatic Insects: Odonata - Anisoptera

Encyclopedia of South American Aquatic Insects: Odonata - Anisoptera


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Anisoptera, the first of two volumes on the Odonata in the series Encyclopedia of South American Aquatic Insects, encompasses the large dragonfly species. A brief review of the biology of the group includes illustrations of the main morphological features and explanations of alternative systems for naming the wing veins and other structures. The review is followed by keys to facilitating identification of the adult dragonflies and the known larvae, allowing readers a high probability of identifying specimens correctly. In addition to anatomical features, the keys include the known ranges of the species, synonyms, and citations of literature in which more information about each individual species can be obtained. These citations are compiled in an extensive bibliography. To provide the user with the best possible opportunity for distinguishing the species, the keys are richly illustrated with pen and ink drawings of thousands of individual morphological structures, arranged in 797 figures.


About the Author:

The author, Dr. Charles W. Heckman, has performed ecological research in Laos, Thailand, Germany, Brazil, and the United States. His publications include books on rice field ecology in Thailand and the Pantanal wetland in western Brazil, as well as many monographs and shorter publications on various aspects of biology and environmental sciences. He undertook the preparation of the Encyclopedia of South American Aquatic Insects to produce a reference work with which researchers in South America can identify the species they encounter without having to first complete exhaustive searches of the literature, including papers published on several continents in different languages. The lack of such a tool has long impeded progress in faunal surveys, ecology, and other fields of science. Dr. Heckman's extensive experience identifying aquatic insect species using less than optimal literature has allowed him to develop an ability for recognizing the morphological features most useful for distinguishing one species from another, and this ability comes to the aid of the users of his keys to the South American aquatic insect species.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9789048171965
  • Publisher: Springer
  • Sub Title: Illustrated Keys to Known Families, Genera, and Species in South America
  • ISBN-10: 9048171962
  • Publisher Date: 17 Nov 2010


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