Winner of a 2004 Whitley Award.
Water bugs are familiar insects in aquatic habitats throughout the World. Because of their diverse lifestyles and because they are easily observed in their natural habitats, water bugs are excellent model organisms in evolutionary biology, ecology and conservation biology.
This handbook is the first comprehensive guide facilitating the identification of Australian water bugs. It provides an overview on all 15 families, 17 subfamilies, and 55 genera known to occur on mainland Australia, Tasmania and nearby islands. Illustrated keys, featuring a minimum of technical language, are offered to assist with the identification of adult water bugs.
For each genus, the handbook includes a description of the characters used to identify the genus and to separate the genus from similar genera, an illustration to show overall appearance ('habitus') of a representative species, an illustrated key to species recorded from Australia, overview of the biology of the genus, and a map showing the locations where the genus has been found in Australia.
Features
- Includes an illustrated identification key for all species recorded in Australia
- Well illustrated with images and micrographs
- Comprehensive volume covering distribution, biology and identification of Australian water bugs
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