Principles of Insect Morphology / / R. E. Snodgrass.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Snodgrass, R. E.,
• MitwirkendeR: Eickwort, George C.,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]; ©1994
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (768 p.) :; 319 halftones

This classic text, first published in 1935, is once again available. Still the standard reference in the English language, Principles of Insect Morphology is considered the author's masterpiece. A talented artist as well as one of the leading entomologists of his day, Robert E. Snodgrass produced a wealth of publications that display an accuracy and precision still unsurpassed.The 19 chapters in this volume cover each group of insect organs and their associated structures, at the same time providing a coherent morphological view of their fundamental nature and apparent evolution. To accomplish this aim, Snodgrass compares insect organs with those of other arthropods. Each chapter concludes with a glossary of terms. The 319 multipart illustrations are an invaluable source of information and have never been duplicated.This edition includes a new foreword by George Eickwort, Professor of Entomology at Cornell University, which relates the book to today's courses in insect morphology. Republication of this textbook will provide another generation of students with an essential foundation for their studies in entomology.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD TO THE 1993 PRINTING -- PREFACE -- CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER II. GENERAL ORGANIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT -- CHAPTER III. THE BODY WALL AND ITS DERIVATIVES -- CHAPTER IV. BODY REGIONS, SCLERITES, AND SEGMENTATION -- CHAPTER V. THE SEGMENTAL APPENDAGES OF ARTHROPODS -- CHAPTER VI. THE HEAD -- CHAPTER VII. THE HEAD APPENDAGES -- CHAPTER VIII. THE THORAX -- CHAPTER IX. THE THORACIC LEGS -- CHAPTER X. THE WINGS -- CHAPTER XI. THE ABDOMEN -- CHAPTER XII. THE ORGANS OF INGESTION -- CHAPTER XIII. THE ALIMENTARY CANAL -- CHAPTER XIV. THE ORGANS OF DISTRIBUTION, CONSERVATION, AND ELIMINATION -- CHAPTER XV. THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM -- CHAPTER XVI. THE NERVOUS SYSTEM -- CHAPTER XVII. THE SENSE ORGANS -- CHAPTER XVIII. THE INTERNAL ORGANS OF REPRODUCTION -- CHAPTER XIX. THE ORGANS OF COPULATION AND OVIPOSITION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX