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The biology of wetas, king crickets and their allies / edited by L.H. Field.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Wallingford, Oxon., U.K. ; New York, N.Y. : CABI Pub, [2001]Copyright date: ©2001Description: xx, 540 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0851994083
  • 9780851994086
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 595.726 22
LOC classification:
  • QL506 .B544 2001
Contents:
Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- I. Systematics and Biogeography -- 1. The Higher Classification, Phylogeny and Evolution of the Superfamily Stenopelmatoidea -- 2. Habitats and Biogeography of New Zealand's Deinacridine and Tusked Weta Species -- 3. North and Central America Jerusalem Crickets (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatidae): Taxonomy, Distribution, Life Cycle, Ecology and Related Biology of the American Species -- 4. South African King Crickets (Anostostomatidae) -- 5. Australian King Crickets: Distribution, Habitats and Biology (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae) -- 6. The Gryllacrididae: An Overview of the World Fauna with Emphasis on Australian Examples -- 7. The Evolutionary History of Tree Weta: A Genetic Approach -- II. Morphology and Anatomy -- 8. Morphology and Anatomy of New Zealand Wetas -- 9. Morphometric Analysis of Hemideina spp. in New Zealand -- 10. Sexual Selection and Secondary Sexual Characters of Wetas and King Crickets -- 11. Anatomy, Development and Behaviour of the Chilean Red Cricket, Cratomelus armatus B1 -- III. Ecology -- 12. The Ecology of Some Large Weta Species in New Zealand -- 13. The Gallery-related Ecology of New Zealand Tree Wetas, Hemideina femorata and Hemideina crassidens (Orthoptera, Anostostomatidae) -- 14. Parasites of Anostostomatid Insects -- IV. Behaviour -- 15. Stridulatory Mechanisms and Associated Behaviour in New Zealand Wetas -- 16. Defence Behaviour -- 17. Mating Behaviour -- 18. Aggression Behaviour in New Zealand Tree Wetas -- 19. Communication and Reproductive Behaviour in North American Jerusalem Crickets (Stenopelmatus) (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatidae) -- Appendix 19.A. Effect of Temperature on Drumming Rates of Jerusalem Crickets (Stenopelmatus: Stenopelmatidae: Orthoptera) -- V. Reproduction and Development -- 20. The Reproductive Biology and the Eggs of New Zealand Anostostomatidae -- 21. Postembryonic Development and Related Changes -- VI. Physiology -- 22. Sensory Physiology -- 23. Neuromuscular Physiology and Motor Control -- 24. Circadian Rhythms in Tree Wetas, Hemideina thoracica -- 25. Haemolymph Physiology -- VII. Conservation of Endangered Species -- 26. Conservation of Threatened Species of Weta (Orthoptera: Anastostomatidae) in New Zealand -- Index.
Summary: "Wetas are native to New Zealand and in evolutionary terms are insect 'dinosaurs' within the Orthoptera. Related species occur in South Africa, Australia, North America and to a lesser extent, Europe. This book brings together all known information on these fascinating groups to form a compendium of existing scientific knowledge for future biological investigation and conservation."--Publisher description.
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New Zealand author.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- I. Systematics and Biogeography -- 1. The Higher Classification, Phylogeny and Evolution of the Superfamily Stenopelmatoidea -- 2. Habitats and Biogeography of New Zealand's Deinacridine and Tusked Weta Species -- 3. North and Central America Jerusalem Crickets (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatidae): Taxonomy, Distribution, Life Cycle, Ecology and Related Biology of the American Species -- 4. South African King Crickets (Anostostomatidae) -- 5. Australian King Crickets: Distribution, Habitats and Biology (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae) -- 6. The Gryllacrididae: An Overview of the World Fauna with Emphasis on Australian Examples -- 7. The Evolutionary History of Tree Weta: A Genetic Approach -- II. Morphology and Anatomy -- 8. Morphology and Anatomy of New Zealand Wetas -- 9. Morphometric Analysis of Hemideina spp. in New Zealand -- 10. Sexual Selection and Secondary Sexual Characters of Wetas and King Crickets -- 11. Anatomy, Development and Behaviour of the Chilean Red Cricket, Cratomelus armatus B1 -- III. Ecology -- 12. The Ecology of Some Large Weta Species in New Zealand -- 13. The Gallery-related Ecology of New Zealand Tree Wetas, Hemideina femorata and Hemideina crassidens (Orthoptera, Anostostomatidae) -- 14. Parasites of Anostostomatid Insects -- IV. Behaviour -- 15. Stridulatory Mechanisms and Associated Behaviour in New Zealand Wetas -- 16. Defence Behaviour -- 17. Mating Behaviour -- 18. Aggression Behaviour in New Zealand Tree Wetas -- 19. Communication and Reproductive Behaviour in North American Jerusalem Crickets (Stenopelmatus) (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatidae) -- Appendix 19.A. Effect of Temperature on Drumming Rates of Jerusalem Crickets (Stenopelmatus: Stenopelmatidae: Orthoptera) -- V. Reproduction and Development -- 20. The Reproductive Biology and the Eggs of New Zealand Anostostomatidae -- 21. Postembryonic Development and Related Changes -- VI. Physiology -- 22. Sensory Physiology -- 23. Neuromuscular Physiology and Motor Control -- 24. Circadian Rhythms in Tree Wetas, Hemideina thoracica -- 25. Haemolymph Physiology -- VII. Conservation of Endangered Species -- 26. Conservation of Threatened Species of Weta (Orthoptera: Anastostomatidae) in New Zealand -- Index.

"Wetas are native to New Zealand and in evolutionary terms are insect 'dinosaurs' within the Orthoptera. Related species occur in South Africa, Australia, North America and to a lesser extent, Europe. This book brings together all known information on these fascinating groups to form a compendium of existing scientific knowledge for future biological investigation and conservation."--Publisher description.

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