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Novel aspects of the biology of Chrysomelidae

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  • © 1994

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Editors:
  1. P. H. Jolivet
  2. M. L. Cox
  3. E. Petitpierre

Part of the book series: Series Entomologica (SENT, volume 50)

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Table of contents (45 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. Paleontology

    1. Paleontology of leaf beetles

      • Jorge A. Santiago-Blay
      Pages 1-68

  3. Larvae and larval biology

    1. Eggs and oviposition in chrysomelid beetles

      • Brian J. Selman
      Pages 69-74

    2. Egg bursters in the Chrysomelidae, with a review of their occurrence in the Chrysomeloidea (Coleoptera)

      • Michael L. Cox
      Pages 75-110

    3. Origins of parental care in chrysomelid beetles

      • Donald M. Windsor, Jae C. Choe
      Pages 111-117

    4. Larvae of Palaearctic Timarcha Latreille

      • Walter R. Steinhausen
      Pages 119-125

  4. Trophic selection

    1. Hypotheses on oligophagy: how far the case of the Colorado potato beetle supports them

      • Tibor Jermy
      Pages 127-139

    2. The chemosensory basis of host-plant recognition in Chrysomelidae

      • B. K. Mitchell
      Pages 141-151

    3. Chemical ecology of Diabroticites

      • Robert L. Metcalf
      Pages 153-169

    4. Entomophagy in Chrysomelidae: adult Aristobrotica angulicollis (Erichson) feeding on adult meloids (Coleoptera)

      • Agenor Mafra-Neto, Pierre Jolivet
      Pages 171-178

    5. Pollen consumption and digestion by leaf beetles

      • G. Allan Samuelson
      Pages 179-183

    6. Host plants and seasonal abundance patterns of some Brazilian Chrysomelidae

      • Lenice Medeiros, João Vasconcellos-Neto
      Pages 185-189

    7. Review of the biology and host plants of Australian Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) associated with Acacia (Mimosaceae)

      • Trevor J. Hawkeswood
      Pages 191-204

    8. Host plants of Neotropical Cassidinae

      • Zundir José Buzzi
      Pages 205-212
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Novel aspects of the biology of Chrysomelidae

  • Editors: P. H. Jolivet, M. L. Cox, E. Petitpierre

  • Series Title: Series Entomologica

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1781-4

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1994

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-2185-9Published: 31 December 1993

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-4783-8Published: 13 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-1781-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIII, 582

  • Topics: Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography, Ecology, Animal Anatomy / Morphology / Histology

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