Whitefly of the World: A Systematic Catalogue of the Aleyrodidae (Homoptera) with Host Plant and Natural Enemy Data (International Series on Applied Systems Analysis)

Science & Math

Mound, L.A.

Biological Sciences

British Museum Press

These groups contain taxa of significant economic, agricultural and medical importance. The volume is an invaluable source of information on valid names, host associations and essential references on book- and bark-lice, thrips, and parasitic lice of birds and mammals found in Australia.

Zoological Catalogue of Australia Volume 26. Psocoptera, Phthiraptera, Thysanoptera

Smithers, C.N.

Palma, R.L.

Barker, S.C.

CN Smithers, RL Palma, SC Barker

LA Mound

CSIRO Publishing

AMAZING INSECTS (Eyewitness Juniors)

Features butterflies who taste with their feet, aphids that produce young without mating, and much more.

Eyewitness Jr Amazing Insects

Children's Books

Bt Bound

A number of species of Thysanoptera (thrips) are increasingly important crop pests in many parts of the world, as well as in some cases being vectors of plant disease. Communicating the known information about a species of organism is dependent on our ability to recognize or identify it accurately. This book is a completely revised and rewritten edition of the standard, widely used manual on these minute flying insects written by J.M. Palmer, L.A. Mound and G.J. du Heaume and published in 1989 as CIE Guides to Insects of Importance to Man 2. Thysanoptera, which provides a practical identification guide on a worldwide scale. The previous version posed problems for students in terms of fluency in English &amp; knowledge of dichotomous keys. However, this thoroughly updated edition incorporates a new set of pictorial keys, which have been developed and used very successfully for training courses at the International Institute of Entomology and which will greatly enhance the ability of the non-specialist to identify thrips to species. Individuals of these insects can usually be identified only by examination under a microscope, often at high power. Within each species, individuals can vary in size, colour and shape and their appearance can be altered by techniques used in preparation. This booklet describes techniques used in the preparation of thrip specimens onto slides for identification and the means of identifying slide-mounted specimens most commonly encountered. It also introduces students to the biological diversity that is found amongst the Thysanoptera, their economic importance in terms of both damaging and beneficial effects, new identification techniques, additional information and taxa, glossary of technical terms, notes on each genus (described alphabetically within their families and subfamilies). Supplementary keys to species are also given within four genera that include several pest species (Caliothrips, Frankliniella, Scirtothrips and Thrips) along with new distribution records which have occurred since the publication of the first edition. It is an essential tool for applied entomologists and crop protection specialists involved in the control of crop pest thrips, and thrip taxonomists.

Thysanoptera: An Identification Guide

Kibby, G.

CABI

This book presents a novel, 'model clades' approach to the study of biodiversification, explicitly integrating behaviour, ecology, taxonomy, phylogenetics, and evolution. A single lineage of over 250 species (30 genera) of phytophagous thrips that has radiated on Australian Acacia is considered. Nine genera are newly described. The book explores causes and consequences of behavioural-ecological diversification with special emphasis on the evolution of social behaviour, host-plant use and exploitative behaviours. Ecological pressures of the arid and unpredictable Australian climate have selected for diverse means of creating, usurping, and co-opting domiciles. Such pressure has generated a positive feedback loop - adoption and modification of new host-plants by some thrips species creates further niches for additional ones. These thrips exhibit remarkable morphological, behavioural and ecological variation. They can be considered as a microcosm for understanding processes that generate biodiversity among all phytophagous insects, and indeed among all animals.

Evolution of Behavioural and Ecological Diversity: Australian Acacia Thrips as Model Organisms

Crespi, B J

Morris, D C

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