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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823995003321

Autore

Ren Dong <1963->

Titolo

Rhythms of insect evolution : evidence from the Jurassic and Cretaceous in Northern China / / edited by Dong Ren and four others

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2019

ISBN

1-119-42800-9

1-119-42799-1

1-119-42795-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (729 pages)

Disciplina

565.7

Soggetti

Insects, Fossil

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Jurassic-Cretaceous non-marine stratigraphy and entomofaunas in northern China -- Coexisting animals and plants in the ecosystems -- Insects - in the spotlight -- A history of paleoentomology in China -- Ephemeroptera - mayflies -- Odonata - dragonflies and damselflies -- Blattaria - cockroaches -- Termitoidae - termites -- Orthoptera - grasshoppers, locusts, katydids, crickets, and weta -- Notoptera - rock crawlers and ice crawlers -- Dermaptera - earwigs -- Chresmodidae - water-walking insects -- Phasmatodea - stick insects and leaf insects -- Plecoptera - stoneflies -- Psocoptera - barklice and booklice -- Homoptera - cicadas and hoppers -- Heteroptera - true bugs -- Megaloptera - dobsonflies, fishflies, and alderflies -- Raphidioptera - snakeflies -- Neuroptera - lacewings -- Coleoptera - beetles -- Hymenoptera - sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants -- Diptera -- Mecoptera - scorpionflies and hangingflies -- Siphonaptera - fleas -- Trichoptera - caddisflies -- Lepidoptera - butterflies and moths -- Insect feeding -- Camouflage, mimicry or eyespot warning -- Gene propagation - courtship, mating, and next generation.