The Neuroptera of Malesia / / T. R. New.

• Superior document: Fauna Malesiana handbooks ; 4
• VerfasserIn: New, T. R.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2003]; ©2003
• Year of Publication: 2003
• Language: English
• Series: Fauna Malesiana handbooks ; 4.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

This volume brings together much hitherto highly scattered information on lacewings and their allies known from Malesia. It includes keys to generic level, notes on the diversity and representation of each genus, and comments on the faunal relationships within the region. Each of the twelve families is defined, and information on biology and any economic importance summarised. A regional checklist of all species recorded from Malesia and nearby areas, with original references to descriptions of all taxa. Use of the book by non-specialists is facilitated by illustrations of many characteristic and diagnostic structural features, and a glossary explains much of the technical terms employed.

Table of Contents

Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- The Neuroptera -- Morphology -- Biological outline -- Higher classification -- Key to families -- Collecting and preparation -- Economic importance of Neuroptera -- Biogeography -- Faunal analysis -- The families of Neuroptera -- Rapismatidae -- Coniopterygidae -- Sisyridae -- Osmylidae -- Mantispidae -- Berothidae -- Dilaridae -- Hemerobiidae -- Chrysopidae -- Nymphidae -- Ascalaphidae -- Myrmeleontidae -- Checklist of Neuroptera from Malesia -- Rapismatidae -- Coniopterygidae -- Sisyridae -- Osmylidae -- Mantispidae -- Berothidae -- Dilaridae -- Hemerobiidae -- Chrysopidae -- Nymphidae -- Ascalaphidae -- Myrmeleontidae -- References -- Glossary -- Index.