Research on Chrysomelidae. / Volume 2 / / edited by Pierre Jolivet, Jorge Santiago-Blay, Michael Schmitt.

• TeilnehmendeR: Jolivet, Pierre.; Santiago-Blay, Jorge.; Schmitt, Michael.
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: Research on Chrysomelidae 2.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (299 p.)
• Notes: "ISSN 1876-3111."

There are an estimated 40,000 species of chrysomelids, or leaf beetles, worldwide. These biologically interesting and often colorful organisms, such as the tortoise beetles, have a broad range of life histories and fascinating adaptations. For example, there are chrysomelids with shortened wings (brachypterous) and elytra (brachelytrous), other species are viviparous, and yet other leaf beetles have complicated anti predator-parasitoid defenses. Some species, such as corn rootworms (several species in the genus Diabrotica ) constitute major agricultural crop pests. Research on Chrysomelidae 2 is a the second volume of a series of volumes on the Chrysomelidae edited by Jolivet, Santiago-Blay, and Schmitt.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Pierre Jolivet , Jorge Santiago-Blay and Michael Schmitt -- Constraints On Larval Feeding Morphology And Selective Removal Of Host-Plant Trichomes By A Monophagous Cassidine Beetle / Danessa S. Boligon , Lenice Medeiros , Rosy M. S. Isaias and Gilson R. P. Moreira -- Chrysomelids And Their Host Plants Along An Altitudinal Gradient In An Atlantic Rain Forest In The State Of Rio De Janeiro, Brazil / Vivian Flinte , Margarete Valverde de Macedo and Ricardo Ferreira Monteiro -- Chrysomelidae Of The Lesser Sunda Islands: Wallace's Line And The Crossing Of Worlds / Mohamed S. Mohamedsaid -- Retournement Of The Aedeagus In Chrysomelidae – Revisited / Krishna K. Verma -- Introduction -- Oviposition By Pyrrhalta Viburni (Paykull) On Dead Plant Material: Successful Reproductive Strategy Or Maladaptive Behavior? / Gaylord A. Desurmont , Charissa M. Fritzen and Paul A. Weston -- Flea Beetle Diversity Of The Sierra Tarahumara, Copper Canyon, Mexico (Chrysomelidae: Alticinae) / David G. Furth -- Morphology Of The Adult And Immature Stages, Biology, And Phylogenetic Placement Of Donaciasta Goeckei Monrós, 1958 (Chrysomelidae: Donaciinae: Donaciini) / Elizabeth Grobbelaar -- Glands Of Leaf Beetle Larvae – Protective Structures Against Attacking Predators And Pathogens / Jürgen Gross and Henrike Schmidtberg -- Extraocular Photoreceptors And Frontal Grooves In Criocerinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) / Uta Heidenreich , Anke Schmitz and Michael Schmitt -- Altica Litigata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae): A DNA Approach To Species Verification / Uta Heidenreich , Anke Schmitz and Michael Schmitt -- Biogeography And Biology Of The New Caledonian Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) / Pierre Jolivet and Krishna K. Verma -- Chromosomal Evolution And Trophic Affiliation In The Genus Chrysolina (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) / Eduard Petitpierre and Yuri Mikhailov -- Leaf Beetles From The Mecsek Hills (Southern Hungary). History Of Entomological Research On The Territory And Some Remarks On The Hungarian Chrysomelid Fauna (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) / Károly Vig -- Abstract: Diversity Patterns Of African Galerucinae / Thomas Wagner -- Color Plates -- Subject Index -- Zoological Index -- Botanical Index.