Australian Beetles Volume 3. This item is unavailable.Australian Beetles Volume 3

The Australian Beetles series represents a comprehensive treatment of the beetles of Australia, a relatively under-studied fauna that includes many unusual and unique evolutionary lineages found nowhere else on Earth.

Volume 3 (Polyphaga, Part 2) contains 12 chapters, providing critical information and identification keys to the genera of the Australian beetle families included in superfamily Curculionoidea (Nemonychidae, Anthribidae, Belidae, Attelabidae, Caridae, Brentidae and Curculionidae) and one subfamily of Cerambycidae (Lamiinae).

Each chapter is richly illustrated with black and white photographs, high-resolution images and drawings. The book also includes color habitus figures for about 900 Australian beetle genera belonging to the families treated in this volume. The chapters have been written by 11 contributors from Australia, Poland, and the USA.

Features:

• Provides detailed accounts and keys to genera of Australian beetle families included in superfamily Curculionoidea (Nemonychidae, Anthribidae, Belidae, Attelabidae, Caridae, Brentidae and Curculionidae) and one subfamily of Cerambycidae (Lamiinae).
• Richly illustrated with black and white drawings and photographs.
• Includes color habitus figures for about 900 beetle genera.
• Originally planned as a three-volume series, the Australian Beetles series has now been expanded to include a generic level treatment of weevils, with five families included in Volume 3.

Hermes E. Escalona is the Zimmerman Fellow and curator at the Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO. He is interested in systematics, morphological and molecular evolution of beetles with a current focus on weevils (Curculionidae) and small beetle families. He is the author of more than 50 research publications and co-author of Australian Longhorn Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Volume 1 and Australian Longhorn Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Volume 2.

Adam Slipinski is the Senior Principal Research Scientist and curator at the Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO. His research concentrates on the phylogeny and higher classification of beetles. He is the author of nearly 200 research publications, a co-editor of Volumes 1 and 2 in the Australian Beetles Series, and co-author of Ladybird Beetles of the Australo-Pacific Region and Volumes 1, 2 and 3 in the Australian Longhorn Beetles Series.