Author: Kirk-Spriggs, A.H.; Sinclair, B.J. (Eds)
Title: Manual of Afrotropical Diptera. Vol. 2 (Nematocera & Lower Brachycera)
Description: SANBI Publishing 2017 xii, 935, 1360 col + 130 b/w figs, 1430 line drawings. . HB. NEW. . Second of a four-volume work, a collaboration of over 90 international experts on Diptera, is the first-ever synopsis of the 108 families of flies known from the Afrotropical Region and includes discussions on biology and immature stages, economic importance, classification, identification to the genus level, as well as a synopsis of each genus. This work provides the basics for understanding the diversity of a major order of insects in a large tropical and sub-tropical region and is the first such synopsis of its kind for any major insect order occurring in the Afrotropics.Volume 2 includes family chapters dealing with 43 of the 108 families of flies that occur in the region and covers the nematocerous Diptera and lower Brachycera (sometimes termed the lower Diptera). Each chapter includes a diagnosis of the family, sections dealing with biology and immature stages, classification and identification, an identification key to genera (if more than one) and a synopsis of the fauna section, arrangedgenus by genus alphabetically. Suricata, vol. 5.. [9781928224129]
Keywords: Afrotropical Region; Brachycera; Diptera; Nematocera; Diptera
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Title: Manual of Afrotropical Diptera. Vol. 2 (Nematocera & Lower Brachycera)
Description: SANBI Publishing 2017 xii, 935, 1360 col + 130 b/w figs, 1430 line drawings. . HB. NEW. . Second of a four-volume work, a collaboration of over 90 international experts on Diptera, is the first-ever synopsis of the 108 families of flies known from the Afrotropical Region and includes discussions on biology and immature stages, economic importance, classification, identification to the genus level, as well as a synopsis of each genus. This work provides the basics for understanding the diversity of a major order of insects in a large tropical and sub-tropical region and is the first such synopsis of its kind for any major insect order occurring in the Afrotropics.Volume 2 includes family chapters dealing with 43 of the 108 families of flies that occur in the region and covers the nematocerous Diptera and lower Brachycera (sometimes termed the lower Diptera). Each chapter includes a diagnosis of the family, sections dealing with biology and immature stages, classification and identification, an identification key to genera (if more than one) and a synopsis of the fauna section, arrangedgenus by genus alphabetically. Suricata, vol. 5.. [9781928224129]
Keywords: Afrotropical Region; Brachycera; Diptera; Nematocera; Diptera
Price: GBP 59.00 = appr. US$ 84.25 Seller: Pemberley Natural History Books
- Book number: N33331
- Book number: N33331
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