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© 1994

Novel aspects of the biology of Chrysomelidae

  • Editors
  • P. H. Jolivet
  • M. L. Cox
  • E. Petitpierre
Book

Part of the Series Entomologica book series (SENT, volume 50)

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. Paleontology

    1. Paleontology of leaf beetles
      Jorge A. Santiago-Blay
      Pages 1-68

  3. Larvae and larval biology

    1. Eggs and oviposition in chrysomelid beetles
      Brian J. Selman
      Pages 69-74
    2. Egg bursters in the Chrysomelidae, with a review of their occurrence in the Chrysomeloidea (Coleoptera)
      Michael L. Cox
      Pages 75-110
    3. Origins of parental care in chrysomelid beetles
      Donald M. Windsor, Jae C. Choe
      Pages 111-117
    4. Larvae of Palaearctic Timarcha Latreille
      Walter R. Steinhausen
      Pages 119-125

  4. Trophic selection

    1. Hypotheses on oligophagy: how far the case of the Colorado potato beetle supports them
      Tibor Jermy
      Pages 127-139
    2. The chemosensory basis of host-plant recognition in Chrysomelidae
      B. K. Mitchell
      Pages 141-151
    3. Chemical ecology of Diabroticites
      Robert L. Metcalf
      Pages 153-169
    4. Entomophagy in Chrysomelidae: adult Aristobrotica angulicollis (Erichson) feeding on adult meloids (Coleoptera)
      Agenor Mafra-Neto, Pierre Jolivet
      Pages 171-178
    5. Pollen consumption and digestion by leaf beetles
      G. Allan Samuelson
      Pages 179-183
    6. Host plants and seasonal abundance patterns of some Brazilian Chrysomelidae
      Lenice Medeiros, João Vasconcellos-Neto
      Pages 185-189
    7. Review of the biology and host plants of Australian Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) associated with Acacia (Mimosaceae)
      Trevor J. Hawkeswood
      Pages 191-204
    8. Host plants of Neotropical Cassidinae
      Zundir José Buzzi
      Pages 205-212

  5. Genetics and evolution

    1. Genome size, chromosomes, and egg-chorion ultrastructure in the evolution of Chrysomelinae
      Eduard Petitpierre, Carlos Juan
      Pages 213-225
    2. Cytogenetics of Cassidinae
      Alicia Iris Postiglioni Kudrason
      Pages 227-230
    3. Genetics of the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say)
      Gilles Boiteau
      Pages 231-236
    4. Molecular techniques for studying systematics and phylogeny of Chrysomelidae
      Ting H. Hsiao
      Pages 237-248
    5. Genetic and phylogenetic aspects of host plant affiliation in Ophraella (Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae)
      Douglas J. Futuyma
      Pages 249-258
    6. Sympatric speciation in Galerucella
      Christina Nokkala, Seppo Nokkala
      Pages 259-262

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ecology fauna morphology phylogeny predator

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