Handbook of Zoology / Handbuch der Zoologie : : A Natural History of the Phyla of the Animal Kingdom / Eine Naturgeschichte der Stämme des Tierreiches. / Coleoptera. : Volume 1. : Coleoptera, Beetles. Morphology and Systematics / / ed. by Rolf G. Beutel, Richard A.B. Leschen.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2016
• MitwirkendeR: Bellamy, Charles L.,; Beutel, Rolf G.,; Bocak, Ladislav,; Bocakova, Milada,; Grebennikov, Vasily V.,; Lawrence, John F.,; Leschen, Richard A. B.,; McKenna, Duane D.,; Ribera, Ignacio,; Scholtz, Clarke H.,; Volkovitsh, Mark G.,
• HerausgeberIn: Beutel, Rolf G.,; Leschen, Richard A.B.,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Edition: 2nd ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Handbook of Zoology / Handbuch der Zoologie
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XVII, 684 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Editors’ preface to the 2nd edition of Volume 1 --; Editors’ preface to the 1st edition of Volume 1 --; Contents --; Contributors --; 1. Systematic position, basal branching pattern and early evolution --; 2. Classification (families & subfamilies) --; 3. Molecular systematics of Coleoptera --; 4. Coleoptera, morphology --; 5. Archostemata Kolbe, 1908 --; 6. Myxophaga Crowson, 1955 --; 7. Adephaga Schellenberg, 1806 --; 8. Polyphaga Emery, 1886 --; 9. Scirtiformia Fleming, 1821 --; 10. Scirtoidea Fleming, 1821 --; 11. Staphyliniformia Lameere, 1900 --; 12. Hydrophiloidea Latreille, 1802 --; 13. Histeroidea Gyllenhal, 1808 --; 14. Staphylinoidea Latreille, 1802 --; 15. Scarabaeoidea Latreille, 1802 --; 16. Elateriformia Crowson, 1960 --; 17. Dascilloidea Guérin-Méneville, 1843 --; 18. Buprestoidea Crowson, 1955 --; 19. Byrrhoidea Latreille, 1804 --; Taxonomic index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110373929; 9783110701005; 9783110485103; 9783110485295
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110373929
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Rolf G. Beutel, Richard A.B. Leschen.

This book is a revised edition of the first of three volumes in the Handbook of Zoology series which treats the systematics and biology of Coleoptera. With over 380,000 described species, Coleoptera are by far the most species-rich order of insects and the largest group of animals of comparable geological age. Moreover, numerous species are tremendously important economically. The beetle volumes meet the demand of modern biologists seeking to answer questions about Coleoptera phylogeny, evolution, and ecology. This first Coleoptera volume covers the suborders Archostemata, Myxophaga and Adephaga, and the basal series of Polyphaga, with information on world distribution, biology, morphology of all life stages, phylogeny and comments on taxonomy.