Arthropod Collection and Identification - Laboratory and Field Techniques

Paperback  336 pp, 424 illistrations  ISBN 0123695457      £19.99

• Over 400 professionally drawn illustrations
• Identification keys to find arthropod orders
• Comprehensive reading list
• Detailed glossary of terms

Readership: Professional and Amateur Entomologists as well as well as professionals, researchers, and students interested studying Entomology, Insect Physiology, Insect Taxonomy, Forensic Entomolgy, Medical Entomology, Insect Systematics, and other related areas.

Contents

I. BASIC TOOLS AND GENERAL TECHNIQUES

• Equipment and Collecting Methods
• Agents for Killing and Preserving
• Storage of Specimens

II. CLASSIFICATION OF INSECTS AND MITES

• Classification of Insects and Mites
• Synopsis of Insect Orders
• Description of Hexapod Orders

Summary
Appendix I. Liquid Preservation Formulas
Appendix II. Mounting Small and Soft Bodied Specimens
Appendix III Directory - State Extension Service Directors and Administrators
Appendix IV. Submitting Specimens for Identification; Glossary; References; Index