Field Guide to the Tiger Beetles of the United States and Canada : Identification, Natural History, and Distribution of the Cicindelidae.
Title:
Field Guide to the Tiger Beetles of the United States and Canada : Identification, Natural History, and Distribution of the Cicindelidae.
Author:
Pearson, David L.
ISBN:
9780198040095
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (288 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- 1 The Magic of Tiger Beetles -- 2 How to Recognize a Tiger Beetle -- 3 Phylogeny and Taxonomy -- 4 Illustrated Keys to Adult Genera and Species -- 5 Identification of Tiger Beetle Larvae -- 6 Species Accounts -- Giant Tiger Beetles, Genus Amblycheila -- Night-stalking Tiger Beetles, Genus Omus -- Big-headed Tiger Beetles, Genus Tetracha/Megacephala -- Common Tiger Beetles, Genus Cicindela -- Temperate Tiger Beetles, Subgenus Cicindela -- Tribon Tiger Beetles, Subgenus Tribonia -- American Tiger Beetles, Subgenus Cicindelidia -- Habro Tiger Beetles, Subgenus Habroscelimorpha -- Eunot Tiger Beetle, Subgenus Eunota -- Coral Beach Tiger Beetles, Subgenus Microthylax -- Opilid Tiger Beetles, Subgenus Opilidia -- Little Tiger Beetles, Subgenus Brasiella -- Rounded-thorax Tiger Beetles, Subgenus Cylindera -- Dromo Tiger Beetles, Subgenus Dromochorus -- Ellipsed-winged Tiger Beetles, Subgenus Ellipsoptera -- 7 Ecology and Behavior -- 8 Biogeography -- 9 Conservation -- 10 Observing and Studying Tiger Beetles -- Selected Bibliography -- Checklist of the Tiger Beetles of the United States and Canada -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
Abstract:
A color-illustrated field and natural history guide that treats 107 tiger beetle species found in North America above the Mexican border. This work includes biological accounts that emphasize points for identification, behavior, and habitat. Distribution maps show where various species and subspecies can be found.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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