Novel aspects of the biology of Chrysomelidae [electronic resource] /

1. Palaeontology of leaf beetles -- 2. Eggs and oviposition in chrysomelid beetles -- 3. Egg bursters in the Chrysomelidae, with a review of their occurrence in the Chrysomeloidea (Coleoptera) -- 4. Origins of parental care in chrysomelid beetles -- 5. Larvae of Palaearctic Timarcha Latreille -- 6. Hypothesis on oligophagy: how far the case of the Colorado potato beetle supports them -- 7. The chemosensory basis of host-plant recognition in Chrysomelidae -- 8. Chemical ecology of Diabroticites -- 9. Entomophagy in Chrysomelidae: adult Aristobrotica angulicollis (Erichson) feeding on adult meloids (Coleoptera) -- 10. Pollen consumption and digestion by leaf beetles -- 11. Host plants and seasonal abundance patterns of some Brazilian Chrysomelidae -- 12. Review of the biology and host plants of Australian Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) associated with Acacia (Mimosaceae) -- 13. Host-plants of Neotropical Cassidinae -- 14. Genome size, chromosomes and egg-chorion ultrastructure in the evolution of Chrysomelinae -- 15. Cytogenetics of Cassidinae: Evolution of sex chromosome systems -- 16. Genetics of the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say) -- 17. Molecular techniques for studying systematics and phylogeny of Chrysomelidae -- 18. Genetic and phylogenetic aspects of host plant affiliation in Ophraella (Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) -- 19. Sympatric speciation in Galerucella -- 20. Egg deposition and protection of eggs in Chrysomelidae -- 21. Antipredator devices in larvae of the Chrysomelidae: a unified synthesis for defensive eclecticism -- 22. Chemical defence of adult leaf beetles updated -- 23. Cycloalexy among chrysomelid larvae -- 24. Waste products as chrysomelid defenses -- 25. Stridulation in leaf beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) -- 26. Chrysomelid behavioral counterploys to secretive canals in plants -- 27. Physiological colour changes in tortoise beetles -- 28. Comparative morphology of the hindwing venation of the Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) -- 29. ‘Retournement’ of the aedeagus in Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) -- 30. The female organs of symbiont transmission in the Eumolpinae -- 31. Unusually large sperm cells in Alticinae: their formation and transportation in the male genital system, and their evolution -- 32. Comparative morphology and some evolutionary trends in flea beetles (Alticinae) -- 33. Internal bacteria in the Chrysomelidae -- 34. Phoretic and ectoparasitic mites (Acari) of the Chrysomelidae -- 35. The Hymenoptera and Diptera parasitoids of Chrysomelidae -- 36. Diapause in Chrysomelidae -- 37. Chrysomelidae in the Arctic -- 38. Seasonal changes in leaf beetle fauna of a warm temperate lowland in Japan -- 39. Biological studies on Temnaspis nankinea (Pic) (Chrysomelidae: Megalopodinae) -- 40. Food selection and life-cycle of the Old World Timarcha Latreille, 1829 (Col. Chrysomelinae) -- 41. The biology of the imported willow leaf beetle Plagiodera versicolora (Laicharting) -- 42. Biology of Entomoscelis Chevrolat -- 43. The biology of the paropsine eucalyptus beetles of Australia -- 44. Biology and ecology of Mecistomela marginata (Thunberg, 1821) (Hispinae: Alurnini) in Brazil -- 45. Life table parameters of Indonesian tortoise beetles under laboratory conditions -- Authors index -- Taxonomic index.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Jolivet, P. H. editor., Cox, M. L. editor., Petitpierre, E. editor., SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	Texto biblioteca
Language:	eng
Published:	Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1994
Subjects:	Life sciences., Ecology., Animal anatomy., Life Sciences., Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography., Animal Anatomy / Morphology / Histology.,
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1781-4
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