Outlines of Entomology - Davies, R.G.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1988)
1 Introduction -- 2 Insect structure and function -- The integument and its derivatives; coloration -- Segmentation and body regions -- The head and its appendages -- The thorax, legs and wings -- The abdomen and genitalia -- The muscular system -- The nervous system -- The sense organs and perception -- Alimentary canal, digestion and nutrition -- The respiratory system -- The circulatory system and associated tissues -- The excretory organs, fat-body and other haemocoelic structures -- The glands or organs of secretion -- The reproductive system and reproduction -- 3 Development and metamorphosis -- Embryonic development -- Post-embryonic development -- 4 Classification and biology -- Order 1. Diplura -- Order 2. Protura -- Order 3. Collembola -- Order 4. Archaeognatha -- Order 5. Zygentoma -- Order 6. Ephemeroptera -- Order 7. Odonata -- Order 8. Plecoptera -- Order 9. Grylloblattodea -- Order 10. Orthoptera -- Order 11. Phasmida -- Order 12. Dermaptera -- Order 13. Embioptera -- Order 14. Dictyoptera -- Order 15. Isoptera -- Order 16. Zoraptera -- Order 17. Psocoptera -- Order 18. Phthiraptera -- Order 19. Hemiptera -- Order 20. Thysanoptera -- Order 21. Neuroptera -- Order 22. Coleoptera -- Order 23. Strepsiptera -- Order 24. Mecoptera -- Order 25. Siphonaptera -- Order 26. Diptera -- Order 27. Lepidoptera -- Order 28. Trichoptera -- Order 29. Hymenoptera -- 5 Evolutionary relationships of insects -- Insects and other Arthropods -- The ancestry of insects -- Apterygote relationships -- Phylogeny of the Pterygota -- 6 Some important modes of life in insects -- Relationships between insects and plants -- Leaf-mining insects -- Insects and plant galls -- Insects and the pollination of flowers -- Insectivorous plants -- Insects and micro-organisms -- Predacious insects -- Insect parasitoids -- Ectoparasitic insects -- Blood-sucking insects -- Aquatic insects -- Protective coloration and mimicry -- Social insects -- 7 The biology of insect populations -- Estimation of insect population size -- Models of insect population growth -- Population fluctuations -- Life tables -- Key factor analysis -- Regulation of population size; density-dependent processes -- Competition -- Competitive exclusion; resource partitioning; the ecological niche -- Host-parasitoid and predator-prey relationships -- Food webs and the trophic structure of communities -- Diversity, stability and succession in insect communities -- Genetic variation in insect populations -- 8 Biology and control of injurious insects -- Insect pests of cultivated plants -- Insect pests of forestry, timber and stored products -- Insects of medical and veterinary importance -- Insecticidal control -- Biological control methods -- 9 Select classified bibliography.
Keywords: Animal systematics; Animal taxonomy; Entomology; Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography.; Entomology