The Aquatic Adephaga (Coleoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark, Volume II. Dytiscidea

Erscheinungsjahr 2000
ISBN: 978-90-04-10456-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 32, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 172 mm x 251 mm, Gewicht: 566 g

Reihe: Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica

This volume treats the 157 species of predaceaous diving beetles (Dytiscidae) found in Finland, East Fennoscandia, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and the Baltic States.
Introducing chapters provide general information about the state of knowledge and distribution, morphology of adults and larvae, bionomics, collecting and rearing. The main part comprises keys and descriptions for identification of adult beetles, including information on distribution and biology of all species. A catalogue shows provincial records in Fennoscandia and Denmark. The book contains 608 figures and 3 plates.
An up-to-date, well illustrated identification manual for the Fennoscandian and Danish Dytiscidae has been wanting for decades. This work is based on the latest advances in synonymy and taxonomy of the family, and on the study of thousands of specimens in collections and field.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nilsson

Holmen

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Wirbellose (Invertebrata) Insekten (Entomologie)

Über Autor(innen)

Anders N. Nilsson, Associate Professor in Zoology at the Department of Biology, University of Umeå, Sweden. He has published more than 100 international papers on ecology and systematics of water beetles. He is the editor of a taxonomic handbook of the aquatic insects of N.W. Europe.
Mogens Holmen, scientific candidate (1968) in Biology, University of Copenhagen, is an amateur entomologist, professionally employed at the Landscape Department of the Frederiksborg County Council. Publication of aquatic Coleoptera include The aquatic Adephaga of Fennoscandia and Denmark I (Brill, 1987).