| Description |
xv, 755 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 662-732) and index. |
| Contents |
Diversity and evolution -- Fossil insects -- Arthropods and the origin of insects -- The insects -- Earliest insects -- Insects take to the skies -- Polyneoptera -- The Paraneopteran orders -- The Holometabola -- Coleoptera and Strepsiptera -- Hymenoptera : ants, bees, and other wasps -- Antliophora : scorpionflies, fleas, and true flies -- Amphiesmenoptera : the caddisflies and Lepidoptera -- Insects become modern : the Cretaceous and Tertiary periods. |
| Subject |
Insects -- Evolution.
|
|
Insects. |
|
Evolution. |
| Added Author |
Engel, Michael S.
|
| ISBN |
0521821495 (alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
9780521821490 |
|
NLGGC 266536646 |
|
