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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910815673903321
• Autore: Peck Stewart B (Stewart Blaine)
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Ottawa, : NRC Research Press, c2006
• ISBN: 1-280-53888-0; 9786610538881; 0-660-19422-8
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (329 p.)
• Disciplina: 595.7609866/5
• Soggetti: Beetles - Galapagos Islands; Beetles - Ecology - Galapagos Islands
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes indexes.; "A publication of the National Research Council of Canada Monograph Publishing Program".; NRC No. 46850"--T.p. verso.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-299) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 -- Chapter 11. References -- Index of Topics -- Index of Taxa.