LEADER 04310nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910780201903321 005 20230607214358.0 010 $a1-280-81173-0 010 $a9786610811731 010 $a0-85199-782-1 035 $a(CKB)111087028073662 035 $a(EBL)292095 035 $a(OCoLC)476051774 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000112100 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11128378 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000112100 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10087181 035 $a(PQKB)10326456 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC292095 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL292095 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10060496 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111087028073662 100 $a20010721d2001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe biology of wetas, king crickets and their allies$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by L.H. Field 210 $aWallingford, Oxon., UK ;$aNew York, N.Y., USA $cCABI Pub.$dc2001 215 $a1 online resource (560 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-85199-408-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; Part I Systematics and Biogeography; 1 The Higher Classification, Phylogeny and Evolution of the Superfamily Stenopelmatoidea; 2 Habitats and Biogeography of New Zealand's Deinacridine and Tusked Weta Species; 3 North and Central America Jerusalem Crickets (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatidae): Taxonomy, Distribution, Life Cycle, Ecology and Related Biology of the American Species; 4 South African King Crickets (Anostostomatidae); 5 Australian King Crickets: Distribution, Habitats and Biology (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae) 327 $a6 The Gryllacrididae: An Overview of the World Fauna with Emphasis on Australian Examples7 The Evolutionary History of Tree Weta: A Genetic Approach; Part II Morphology and Anatomy; 8 Morphology and Anatomy of New Zealand Wetas; 9 Morphometric Analysis of Hemideina spp. in New Zealand; 10 Sexual Selection and Secondary Sexual Characters of Wetas and King Crickets; 11 Anatomy, Development and Behaviour of the Chilean Red Cricket, Cratomelus armatus Bl.; Part III Ecology; 12 The Ecology of Some Large Weta Species in New Zealand 327 $a13 The Gallery-related Ecology of New Zealand Tree Wetas, Hemideina femorata and Hemideina crassidens (Orthoptera, Anostostomatidae)14 Parasites of Anostostomatid Insects; Part IV Behaviour; 15 Stridulatory Mechanisms and Associated Behaviour in New Zealand Wetas; 16 Defence Behaviour; 17 Mating Behaviour; 18 Aggression Behaviour in New Zealand Tree Wetas; 19 Communication and Reproductive Behaviour in North American Jerusalem Crickets (Stenopelmatus) (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatidae) 327 $aAppendix A: Effect of Temperature on Drumming Rates of Jerusalem Crickets (Stenopelmatus: Stenopelmatidae: Orthoptera)Part V Reproduction and Development; 20 The Reproductive Biology and the Eggs of New Zealand Anostostomatidae; 21 Postembryonic Development and Related Changes; Part VI Physiology; 22 Sensory Physiology; 23 Neuromuscular Physiology and Motor Control; 24 Circadian Rhythms in Tree Wetas, Hemideina thoracica; 25 Haemolymph Physiology; Part VII Conservation of Endangered Species; 26 Conservation of Threatened Species of Weta (Orthoptera: Anastostomatidae) in New Zealand; Index 330 $aWetas are native to New Zealand and in evolutionary terms are insect ''dinosaurs'' within the Orthoptera. Related species occur in South Africa, Australia, North America and to a lesser extent, Europe. This book brings together all known information on these groups. 606 $aAnostostomatidae 606 $aJerusalem crickets 606 $aGryllacrididae 606 $aRhaphidophoridae 610 $aStenopelmatoidea 615 0$aAnostostomatidae. 615 0$aJerusalem crickets. 615 0$aGryllacrididae. 615 0$aRhaphidophoridae. 676 $a595.726 701 $aField$b L. H$g(Laurence H.)$01546656 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780201903321 996 $aThe biology of wetas, king crickets and their allies$93802446 997 $aUNINA