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Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects (Hardcover, 7th edition)
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Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects (Hardcover, 7th edition)
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First published in the 1950s by the late James Borror and Dwight
Moore DeLong, this classic text, INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF
INSECTS 7TH EDITION, combines the study of insects with clear and
current insect identification. In this new edition (available in a
bundle with InfoTrac College Edition), Johnson and Triplehorn
supply updated information on phylogeny using systematics while
adding a greater emphasis on insect biology and evolution. This
greater concentration on insect systematics necessitated many
content changes including an added chapter for a newly described
order, the Mantophasmatodea, as well as a new chapter reclassifying
Order Homoptera (Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Hoppers Psyllids)
into Order Hemiptera. Nearly every order has been modified,
sometimes substantially, to reflect new discoveries and scientific
hypotheses. Many new families have been added throughout the book,
some reflecting revised classifications, but many are the result of
the discovery of new groups within the United States and Canada,
particularly from the New World tropics. These include the families
Platystictidae (Odonata), Mackenziellidae (Collembola), Mantoididae
(Mantodea), and Fauriellidae (Thysanoptera). The results of
molecular analyses are beginning to substantively contribute to the
development of a robust and predictive classification. Thus, the
phylogeny of insects has changed drastically from the last edition
due to the incorporation of molecular data. The most conspicuous of
these changes, for example, is the recognition that the order
Strepsiptera is most closely related to the true flies (Diptera),
rather than to the Coleoptera. Since it was first published in the
1950s, this text has played an important role in understanding and
preserving the diversity of the insect world. This title's long
history, coupled with the authors' passion for currency and
accuracy, make it once again the classic text and reference.
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