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Author / Creator:Heckman, Charles W., author.
Imprint:Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2017.
Description:1 online resource (xvi, 621 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:English
Series:Encyclopedia of South American aquatic insects
Encyclopedia of South American aquatic insects.
Subject:Neuroptera -- South America.
Megaloptera -- South America.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- General.
Insects (entomology)
Zoology & animal sciences.
Life sciences: general issues.
Zoology: Invertebrates.
Ecological science, the Biosphere.
Megaloptera.
Neuroptera.
South America.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11273451
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ISBN:9783319351254
3319351257
9783319351247
3319351249
Notes:Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description from website bookseller.
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Summary:This order once encompassed all insects with a complex network of wing veins, regardless of whether their metamorphosis was incomplete or complete. By the early 20th century, most of the species had been transferred to new orders, leaving only a small percentage of the insects once assigned to the Neuroptera remaining in that order. By the second half of the 20th century, some of the taxonomists began to believe that the fragmentation of this order had gone too far, and that the order Megaloptera needed to be grouped in some way with Neuroptera, either by making them suborders of the same order or by creating a superorder to accommodate both. This volume provides a discussion of both taxa, tentatively regrouping both in the order Neuroptera. While all known species of Megaloptera in South America have completely aquatic larval stages, few species in the suborder Planipennia, formerly called Neuroptera sensu stricto, are aquatic during any of their life stages. The most interesting of the exceptions are species in the family Sisyridae, some of which develop as larvae inside freshwater sponges. Because only a relatively small number of species are still included in Neuroptera sensu lato, this book provides keys to all known South American species that have been described well enough to be identified with any degree of certainty. Many species in the family Chloropidae, the neuropteran family with the greatest number of recognized species in South America, have proven to be valuable as biological controls for insect pests in agriculture. Their importance for tropical agriculture is another reason for including terrestrial species in this book. The series will continue with volumes providing keys to identify species of other South American orders, but in most cases, only aquatic insects can be included in the keys to the species.
Other form:Print version: Heckman, Charles W. Encyclopedia of South American aquatic insects: Neuroptera, including Megaloptera. [Place of publication not identified] : Springer, 2017? 9783319351247
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505 0 |a Introduction; An Appeal for€Quality in€Taxonomic Work; Scope of€the€Work; Literature; Part I: Order 7: Neuroptera (sensu lato); Chapter 1: General Information; 1.1 Morphology; 1.1.1 Morphology of€Adult Megaloptera; 1.1.2 Morphology of€Adult Planipennia; 1.1.3 Changes During Larval Development; 1.1.4 Morphology of€the€Pupa; 1.2 Ecology; 1.2.1 Ecology of€Megaloptera; 1.2.2 Ecology of€Planipennia; 1.3 Preservation and€Examination; 1.4 Zoogeography; 1.5 Taxonomic Problems; 1.6 Suggestions for€Continued Research; Literature; Chapter 2: Keys to€the€Neuroptera Families in€South America. 
505 8 |a 2.1 Key to€the€Suborder of€Adults2.2 Keys to€the€Suborders and€Families of€Adults in€South America; Literature; Part II: Megaloptera; Chapter 3: Sialidae; Literature; Chapter 4: Corydalidae; 4.1 Key to€the€Genera of€Adults in€the€Family Corydalidae in€South America; 4.2 Subfamily Corydalinae; 4.3 Subfamily Chauliodinae; Literature; Part III: Planipennia; Chapter 5: Coniopterygidae; 5.1 Key to the Subfamilies of Adult Coniopterygidae from South America; 5.2 Subfamily Brucheiserinae; 5.3 Subfamily Aleuropteryginae; 5.4 Subfamily Coniopteryginae; Literature; Chapter 6: Ascalaphidae. 
505 8 |a 6.1 Key to€the€Genera of€Known Adult Ascalaphidae from€South America6.2 Subfamily Haplogleniinae; 6.3 Subfamily Ascalaphinae; 6.4 Key to€the€Species of€Adult Cordulecerus Species in€South America; 6.5 Key to€the€Species of€Adult Ululodes Species in€South America; Literature; Chapter 7: Myrmeleontidae; 7.1 Key to€the€South American Subfamilies, Tribes, and€Genera of€Adults; 7.2 Subfamily Palparinae; 7.3 Subfamily Myrmeleontinae; Literature; Chapter 8: Crocidae; 8.1 Key to€the€Genera of€Adults in€the€Family Crocidae in€South America. 
505 8 |a 8.2 Key to€the€South American Species of€Adults in€the€Genus Moranida8.3 Key to€the€South American Species of€Adults in€the€Genus Veurise; Literature; Chapter 9: Nemopteridae; Literature; Chapter 10: Mantispidae; 10.1 Key to the Subfamilies and Genera of Adult Mantispinae Known from South America; 10.2 Subfamily Mantispinae; 10.3 Subfamily Symphrasinae; 10.4 Subfamily Drepanicinae; Literature; Chapter 11: Dilaridae; 11.1 Notes on Nallachius, the only known South American genus in the family; Literature; Chapter 12: Hemerobiidae. 
505 8 |a 12.1 Key to€the€South American Genera of€Adults in€the€Family Hemerobiidae12.2 Subfamily Adelphohemerobiinae; 12.3 Subfamily Notiobiellinae; 12.4 Subfamily Depanacrinae; 12.5 Subfamilies Hemerobiinae and Microminae; 12.6 Subfamily Sympherobiinae ; 12.7 Subfamily Megalominae; Literature; Chapter 13: Osmylidae; 13.1 Key to€the€Subfamilies and€Genera of€Adults in€the€Family Osmylidae in€South America; 13.2 Subfamily Kalosmylinae; 13.3 Subfamily Kalosmylinae; Literature; Chapter 14: Polystoechotidae; Literature; Chapter 15: Sisyridae. 
520 |a This order once encompassed all insects with a complex network of wing veins, regardless of whether their metamorphosis was incomplete or complete. By the early 20th century, most of the species had been transferred to new orders, leaving only a small percentage of the insects once assigned to the Neuroptera remaining in that order. By the second half of the 20th century, some of the taxonomists began to believe that the fragmentation of this order had gone too far, and that the order Megaloptera needed to be grouped in some way with Neuroptera, either by making them suborders of the same order or by creating a superorder to accommodate both. This volume provides a discussion of both taxa, tentatively regrouping both in the order Neuroptera. While all known species of Megaloptera in South America have completely aquatic larval stages, few species in the suborder Planipennia, formerly called Neuroptera sensu stricto, are aquatic during any of their life stages. The most interesting of the exceptions are species in the family Sisyridae, some of which develop as larvae inside freshwater sponges. Because only a relatively small number of species are still included in Neuroptera sensu lato, this book provides keys to all known South American species that have been described well enough to be identified with any degree of certainty. Many species in the family Chloropidae, the neuropteran family with the greatest number of recognized species in South America, have proven to be valuable as biological controls for insect pests in agriculture. Their importance for tropical agriculture is another reason for including terrestrial species in this book. The series will continue with volumes providing keys to identify species of other South American orders, but in most cases, only aquatic insects can be included in the keys to the species. 
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