Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Trichoptera


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A report on Gregarines of Trichoptera in the intestines of Salmo fario L.; Pigments and preservation in caddis larvae and pupae; Ordo Trichoptera et Homo insapiens; Observaions morphologiques, ethologiques et ecologiques sur Hydroptila hirra Moseli (Trichoptera: Hydroptilidae); Trichoptera from the baltic amber; Observations on the longitudinal distribution of Trichoptera larvae on a stream at Zempoala Mexico, Mexico; Emergence of Trichoptera from Trout Creek, Colorado, USA; Further observations on limnephilid life histories, based on the Rothamsted Insect Survey; Action de la photoperio de sur la maturation genitale des femelles de quelques Limnephilides; Changes in the profundal Trichoptera of Like Winnipeg 1928-32 to 1969; Studies of Neotropical caddisfliesXXVII: Anomalopsychidae, a new family of Trichoptera; Description of Hydropsyche larvae found in the Iberian peninsula; Predatory exclusion of Apatia zonella by Potamophylax cingulatus (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae) in Iceland; Distribution and habitat preferences of Icelandic Trichoptera; Effects of acclimation to temperature on the respiratory rate of some limnephilid larvae; Caddis fly systematics up to 1960 and a review of the genera (Insecta: Trichoptera); Caddis larvae in a dutch lowland stream; Trichoptera in the Ilona stream of the Matra Mountains, North Hungary; Faunistic investigations on Bulgarian Trichoptera to june, 1980 - with a revised check-list; Diversity of adult Trichoptera in a 'non-seasonal' tropical environment; The phenology of dispersal of several caddisfly (Trichoptera) species in the Island of Crete; New Trichoptera species and subspecies found in Italy; Comparative SEM and TEM studies on the androconial structure of Lasiocephala basalis Kol. and other Trichoptera; First list of italian Trichoptera; Gregarines in Trichoptera larvae; The Trichoptera component in the hydrophyton of Lake Chiusi (Tuscany); Ecological profiles in three Rhyacophila species; Morphological characteristics of Leptodrusus budtzi Ulm. in the immature stages; Taxonomic and morphological characteristics of the Sericostoma italicum Moret. and Sericostoma pedemontarum McL. larvae; Trichoptera in the intestinal content of certain fish species; Trichoptera of the Isle of Elba (Italy-Tuscany); A phylogeny and classification on family-group taxa of Leptoceridae (Trichoptera); Distribution of Trichoptera families in Australia with comments on the composition of fauna in the south-west; On the evolution of the phallus and other male terminalia in the Hydropsychidae. With a proposal for a new generic name; Bibliography of Trichoptera; Trichoptera distribution pattern differences found by sweeping, beating and light traps at three southern Bohemian sites; Why do Potamophylax cingulatus (Stheph.) (Trichoptera) larvae aggregate at pupation?; The influence of reservoir discharge on benthic fauna in the River Ter, N.E. Spain; Les larvae de Trichopteres de la riviere Llobregat (Catalogne, Espagne). Distribution longitudinale et relation avec la qualite de l'eau; Responses of sericostomatid caddisfly Gumaga nigricula (McL.) to environmental disruption; Trichoptera of Western Switzerland; Overwintering strategies in some Norwegian caddisflies; Preliminary interpretations of the distribution of Hydropsychidae in a regulated river; A progress report on Hydropsychidae from the Yvory Coast: Characters for the specific identification of larvae and population dynamics of four abundant species; Occurrence of the genus Hydropsyche in the North American Great Lakes; Cycles biologiques des Hydropsychidae et d'un Polycentropodidae (Trichoptera) dan le Rhone en amont de Lyon; The principles of case building behaviour in Trichoptera; Altitudinal distribution and abundance of Trichoptera in a Rocky mountain stream; Larval behaviour and dispersion of Pycnopsyche luculente (Betten) demosntrated by a unique tagging method (Limnephilidae: Trichoptera); Considerations on the relevance of immature stages to the systematics of Trichoptera; Quarternary sub-fossil Trichoptera larvae from a site in the English Lake District; A proposed setal nomenclature and homology for larval Trichoptera; Some aspects of the life history and feeding ecology of Dolophilodes distinctus (Walker) in two Ontario streams; Observations and a theory on the building style in Potamophylax latipennis (Curt.) Neb. - Trichoptera, Limnephilidae.




Biochemistry of Insects


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Biochemistry of Insects reviews the state of knowledge in insect biochemistry. The book begins by examining the function of carbohydrates in regulating and maintaining the life processes of insects. This is followed by separate chapters on the functional roles of lipids and proteins in insects; and protein synthesis in insects. Subsequent chapters cover the chemistry of insect cuticle; the structure, distribution, and chemistry of insect biochromes; and chemical control of insect behavior. Also discussed are the biochemical aspects of the natural products used by insects in defensive contexts; the reaction of insecticides and related compounds with their targets; detoxification mechanisms in insects; and genetic variation in natural populations. Designed to serve as a basic textbook in field, this volume should be equally useful as an auxiliary text for most relevant courses in insect biology, particularly insect physiology, insect ecology, insect control, and economic entomology. The book should also serve as an important reference source for the advanced student, the research scientist, and the professional entomologist seeking authoritative details of relevant areas of subject matter.




Understanding Evolution


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A Textbook of Entomology


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The number of new ideas propounded in entomology during the last decade is both surprising and gratifying. Many of these ideas have a direct influence on the orientation of the beginning student, and these I have attempted to incorporate into the revised edition. I want to take this opportunity to express deep gratitude to the host of colleagues who have contributed suggestions, criticisms, illustrations or other material pertinent to revising this book. Their help has been of inestimable value. Limitations of time and space have made it impossible to follow all the good suggestions that were tendered, yet consideration of them frequently led to changed emphasis or a new approach to a problem.




Süßwasserfauna von Mitteleuropa, Bd. 7/2-2 Chelicerata


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Chelicerata are a basically terrestrial group of invertebrates, including many clades whose representatives have never found an evolutionary way to aquatic live. An exception is made by some spiders and the highly diverse aquatic mites which in inland water habitats are represented by members of numerous different clades having evolved an aquatic or amphibious lifestyle along various evolutionary pathways. For the first time in limnofaunistic bibliography, the present taxonomic knowledge about these different groups of invertebrates is brought together in an overview for the Central-European fauna. This second volume includes taxonomic keys and ecological information for the two species-rich superfamilies Hydryphantoidea and Lebertioidea of the freshwater mites (Hydrachnidia). A further volume in preparation will include the remaining two superfamilies, Hygrobatoidea and Arrenuroidea. The chelicerata volumes of this series are a basic tool for all limnologists interested in diversity and ecology - in particular for biologists investigating the ecotones between ground- and surface water, between benthos and plankton, and between water and land.