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Ecology, Systematics, and the Natural History of Predaceous Diving Beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)

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  • © 2014

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Editors:
  1. Donald A. Yee

    1. Biological Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, USA

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  • First such reference that cover all aspects of natural history and systematics of Diving Beetles
  • This book will have cross-system appeal, as anyone working with food webs of freshwater systems (e.g., ponds, lakes, streams) will benefit from an overview of the current knowledge of dytiscids
  • This volume also will appeal to those working on aquatic beetles, aquatic predators and beetles and predation in general
  • Includes color photographs

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. An Introduction to the Dytiscidae: Their Diversity, Historical Importance, Cultural Significance, and Other Musings

    • Donald A. Yee
    Pages 1-16

  3. Bridging Ecology and Systematics: 25 Years of Study of Larval Morphology of World Dytiscidae

    • Yves Alarie, Mariano C. Michat
    Pages 17-47

  4. The Phylogeny and Classification of Predaceous Diving Beetles

    • Kelly B. Miller, Johannes Bergsten
    Pages 49-172

  5. Morphology, Anatomy, and Physiological Aspects of Dytiscids

    • Siegfried Kehl
    Pages 173-198

  6. Predaceous Diving Beetle Sexual Systems

    • Kelly B. Miller, Johannes Bergsten
    Pages 199-233

  7. Chemical Ecology and Biochemistry of Dytiscidae

    • Konrad Dettner
    Pages 235-306

  8. Habitats

    • Margherita Gioria
    Pages 307-362

  9. Predator-Prey Interactions of Dytiscids

    • Lauren E. Culler, Shin-ya Ohba, Patrick Crumrine
    Pages 363-386

  10. Dispersal in Dytiscidae

    • David T. Bilton
    Pages 387-407

  11. Community Patterns in Dytiscids

    • Steven M. Vamosi, Bianca Wohlfahrt
    Pages 409-436

  12. The Conservation of Predaceous Diving Beetles: Knowns, Unknowns and Anecdotes

    • Garth N. Foster, David T. Bilton
    Pages 437-462

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 463-468
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About this book

Predaceous diving beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) constitute one of the largest families of freshwater insects (~ 4,200 species). Although dytiscid adults and larvae are ubiquitous throughout a variety of aquatic habitats and are significant predators on other aquatic invertebrates and vertebrates, there are no compilations that have focused on summarizing the knowledge of their ecology, systematics, and biology. Such knowledge would benefit anyone working in aquatic systems where dytiscids are an important part of the food web. Moreover, this work will allow a greater appreciation of dytiscids as model organisms for investigations of fundamental principles derived from ecological and evolutionary theory. Contributed chapters are by authors who are actively engaged in studying dytiscids and each chapter offers a synthesis of the current knowledge of a variety of topics and will provide future directions for research.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Biological Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, USA

    Donald A. Yee

About the editor

Although his primary research focus involves medically important container mosquitoes, he is broadly a community ecologist who has a strong, broad background in invertebrates and aquatic habitats. He has focused most of his research efforts on mosquitoes, in part because this group provides an excellent model system to explore topics across many levels of ecological organization, from individuals, to population, to communities. His specific interests lie in examining how individual species traits, such as feeding behavior, habitat selection, dispersal and oviposition decisions affect species interactions and in linking how the outcomes of these interactions affect patterns of species diversity and invasion success. This work has important implications for public health, as findings of his work can offer insights into the factors that control the distributions of medically important mosquitoes.

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