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

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 (br...

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Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
Series:Research on Chrysomelidae 2.
Physical Description:1 online resource (299 p.)
Notes:"ISSN 1876-3111."
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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.