
- •Contents
- •Foreword
- •How to use this book
- •Advisory boards
- •Contributing writers
- •Contributing illustrators
- •What is an insect?
- •Evolution and systematics
- •Structure and function
- •Life history and reproduction
- •Ecology
- •Distribution and biogeography
- •Behavior
- •Social insects
- •Insects and humans
- •Conservation
- •Protura
- •Species accounts
- •Collembola
- •Species accounts
- •Diplura
- •Species accounts
- •Microcoryphia
- •Species accounts
- •Thysanura
- •Species accounts
- •Ephemeroptera
- •Species accounts
- •Odonata
- •Species accounts
- •Plecoptera
- •Species accounts
- •Blattodea
- •Species accounts
- •Isoptera
- •Species accounts
- •Mantodea
- •Species accounts
- •Grylloblattodea
- •Species accounts
- •Dermaptera
- •Species accounts
- •Orthoptera
- •Species accounts
- •Mantophasmatodea
- •Phasmida
- •Species accounts
- •Embioptera
- •Species accounts
- •Zoraptera
- •Species accounts
- •Psocoptera
- •Species accounts
- •Phthiraptera
- •Species accounts
- •Hemiptera
- •Species accounts
- •Thysanoptera
- •Species accounts
- •Megaloptera
- •Species accounts
- •Raphidioptera
- •Species accounts
- •Neuroptera
- •Species accounts
- •Coleoptera
- •Species accounts
- •Strepsiptera
- •Species accounts
- •Mecoptera
- •Species accounts
- •Siphonaptera
- •Species accounts
- •Diptera
- •Species accounts
- •Trichoptera
- •Species accounts
- •Lepidoptera
- •Species accounts
- •Hymenoptera
- •Species accounts
- •For further reading
- •Organizations
- •Contributors to the first edition
- •Glossary
- •Insects family list
- •A brief geologic history of animal life
- •Index
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Contributing writers
Insects
Elisa Angrisano, PhD
Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, Argentina
Horst Aspöck, PhD
Department of Medical Parasitology,
Clinical Institute of Hygiene and
Medical Microbiology
University of Vienna
Vienna, Austria
Ulrike Aspöck, PhD
Natural History Museum of Vienna
and University of Vienna
Vienna, Austria
Axel O. Bachmann, Doctor en Ciencias Biológicas
Universidad de Buenos Aires Conicet
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Günter Bechly, PhD
Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, Germany
Andrew F. G. Bourke, PhD
Zoological Society of London
London, United Kingdom
Paul D. Brock
Slough, United Kingdom
Reginald Chapman, DSc
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
Jeffrey A. Cole, BS
Natural History Museum
Los Angeles, California
Eduardo Domínguez, PhD Universidad Nacional de Tucumán Tucumán, Argentina
Arthur V. Evans, DSc
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC
Rosser W. Garrison, PhD
Natural History Museum
Los Angeles, California
Michael Hastriter, MS
Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum
Brigham Young University
Provo, Utah
Klaus-Dieter Klass, PhD
Museum für Tierkunde
Dresden, Germany
Marta Loiácono, DSc
Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo
La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Cecilia Margaría, Lic
Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo
La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Cynthia L. Mazer, MS
Cleveland Botanical Garden
Cleveland, Ohio
Silvia A. Mazzucconi, Doctora en Ciencias Biológicas
Universidad de Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, Argentina
Juan J. Morrone, PhD
Museo de Zoología, Facultad de Ciencias
UNAM
Mexico City, Mexico
Laurence A. Mound, DSc
The Natural History Museum
London, United Kingdom
Timothy George Myles, PhD
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Piotr Naskrecki, PhD
Museum of Comparative Zoology
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Timothy R. New
La Trobe University
Melbourne, Australia
Hubert Rausch
Scheibbs, Austria
Martha Victoria Rosett Lutz, PhD
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky
Louis M. Roth, PhD
Museum of Comparative Zoology
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Michael J. Samways, PhD
University of Stellenbosch
Maiteland, South Africa
Vincent S. Smith, PhD
University of Glasgow
Glasgow, United Kingdom
Kenneth Stewart, PhD
University of North Texas
Denton, Texas
S. Y. Storozhenko
Institute of Biology and Soil Science,
Far East Branch of Russian Academy
of Sciences
Vladivostock, Russia
Natalia von Ellenrieder, PhD Natural History Museum Los Angeles, California
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Contributing writers
Shaun L. Winterton, PhD |
Kazunori Yoshizawa, PhD |
North Carolina State University |
Hokkaido University |
Raleigh, North Carolina |
Sapporo, Japan |
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Contributing illustrators
Drawings by Michigan Science Art
Joseph E. Trumpey, Director, AB, MFA
Science Illustration, School of Art and Design, University of Michigan
Wendy Baker, ADN, BFA
Ryan Burkhalter, BFA, MFA
Brian Cressman, BFA, MFA
Emily S. Damstra, BFA, MFA
Maggie Dongvillo, BFA
Barbara Duperron, BFA, MFA
Jarrod Erdody, BA, MFA
Dan Erickson, BA, MS
Patricia Ferrer, AB, BFA, MFA
George Starr Hammond, BA, MS, PhD
Gillian Harris, BA
Jonathan Higgins, BFA, MFA
Amanda Humphrey, BFA
Emilia Kwiatkowski, BS, BFA
Jacqueline Mahannah, BFA, MFA
John Megahan, BA, BS, MS
Michelle L. Meneghini, BFA, MFA
Katie Nealis, BFA
Laura E. Pabst, BFA
Christina St. Clair, BFA
Bruce D. Worden, BFA
Kristen Workman, BFA, MFA
Thanks are due to the University of Michigan, Museum of Zoology, which provided specimens that served as models for the images.
Maps by XNR Productions
Paul Exner, Chief cartographer |
Laura Exner |
XNR Productions, Madison, WI |
Andy Grosvold |
Tanya Buckingham |
Cory Johnson |
Jon Daugherity |
Paula Robbins |
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Topic overviews
What is an insect?
Evolution and systematics
Structure and function
Life history and reproduction
Ecology
Distribution and biogeography
Behavior
Social insects
Insects and humans
Conservation
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