
Thorp and Covich's Freshwater Invertebrates
Volume 3: Keys to Neotropical Hexapoda
Description
Key Features
- Includes zoogeographic coverage of the entire Neotropics, from central México and the Caribbean Islands, to the tip of South America
- Identifies aquatic springtails (Collembola) and insects to the genus level for many groups, and family or subfamily level for less well known taxa
- Presents multiple keys, from higher to lower taxonomic levels that are appropriate for each users’ level of scientific knowledge and needs
- Provides a general introduction and sections on limitations, terminology and morphology, material preparation and preservation, and references
Readership
Professional scientists and technicians in ecology, environmental science, freshwater biology, limnology, invertebrate zoology and related fields, private companies, government agencies, and NGOs
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Collembola
3. Ephemeroptera
4. Plecoptera
5. Orthoptera
6. Blattodea
7. Hemiptera
8. Megaloptera
9. Neuroptera
10. Trichoptera
11. Lepidoptera
12. Hymenoptera
13. Mecoptera
14. Odanata Introduction
15. Coleoptera Introduction
16. Diptera Introduction
Product details
- No. of pages: 836
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2018
- Published: August 30, 2018
- Imprint: Academic Press
- eBook ISBN: 9780128042649
- Hardcover ISBN: 9780128042236
About the Editors
Neusa Hamada
Affiliations and Expertise
James Thorp

Affiliations and Expertise
D. Christopher Rogers
Affiliations and Expertise
Ratings and Reviews
Latest reviews
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Diogo V. Mon Aug 02 2021
Opinion on the Odonata section
This is the ultimate key for Neotropical Odonata larvae. The Odonata section is very well illustrated (some taxa were never photographed before), the keys are coherent and the morphological structures of the taxa are explored in detail.