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A field guide to the beetles of North America : text and illustrations
Format:
Book
Title:
A field guide to the beetles of North America : text and illustrations
ISBN:
9780395318089

9780395339534

9780395910894
Publication:
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1983.
Physical Description:
xii, 368 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Number in series:
29.
Contents:
How to use this book -- Collecting beetles -- Preparing and identifying beetles -- The structure of beetles -- The growth and development of beetles -- Classifying and naming beetles -- Beetles: Order Coleoptera. Introduction to beetles ; Insects similar to beetles ; Synopses of beetle families ; Classification of beetles (Suborder Archostemata ; Suborder Adephaga ; Suborder Myxophaga ; Suborder Polyphaga).
Summary:
Detailed descriptions of 111 families of North American beetles, especially those that are economically important, over 600 drawings and 65 superb color paintings portray representative species, Perterson identification system pinpoints key recognition features, pictorial key on endpapers helps you quickly find the family to which a beetle belongs.
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