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Rhythms of insect evolution : evidence from the Jurassic and Cretaceous in northern China /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ren, Dong, Gao, Taiping (Author), Shih, Chung Kun (Author), Yao, Yunzhi (Author), Wang, Yongjie (Author)
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Jurassic-Cretaceous non-marine stratigraphy and entomofaunas in northern China
  • Coexisting animals and plants in the ecosystems
  • Insects - in the spotlight
  • A history of paleoentomology in China
  • Ephemeroptera - mayflies
  • Odonata - dragonflies and damselflies
  • Blattaria - cockroaches
  • Termitoidae - termites
  • Orthoptera - grasshoppers, locusts, katydids, crickets, and weta
  • Notoptera - rock crawlers and ice crawlers
  • Dermaptera - earwigs
  • Chresmodidae - water-walking insects
  • Phasmatodea - stick insects and leaf insects
  • Plecoptera - stoneflies
  • Psocoptera - barklice and booklice
  • Homoptera - cicadas and hoppers
  • Heteroptera - true bugs
  • Megaloptera - dobsonflies, fishflies, and alderflies
  • Raphidioptera - snakeflies
  • Neuroptera - lacewings
  • Coleoptera - beetles
  • Hymenoptera - sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants
  • Diptera
  • Mecoptera - scorpionflies and hangingflies
  • Siphonaptera - fleas
  • Trichoptera - caddisflies
  • Lepidoptera - butterflies and moths
  • Insect feeding
  • Camouflage, mimicry or eyespot warning
  • Gene propagation - courtship, mating, and next generation.