Damselfly Genera of the New World

An Illustrated and Annotated Key to the Zygoptera
Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-0-8018-9670-5
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press

Buch, Englisch, 528 Seiten, Format (B × H): 184 mm x 261 mm, Gewicht: 1228 g

In this companion volume to Dragonfly Genera of the New World, Rosser W. Garrison, Natalia von Ellenrieder, and Jerry A. Louton provide a comprehensive, fully illustrated guide to the damselflies of North, Central, and South America.

This illustrated reference contains original, up-to-date keys to the 125 genera of Zygoptera in North, Central, and South America; descriptive text for each genus; distribution maps; and highly detailed diagnostic illustrations. Each account lists all known species and generic synonyms, information on the status of classification, and references to larval descriptions.

Featuring more than 2,500 illustrations and based on the authors' personal observations, Damselfly Genera of the New World is an indispensable resource for entomologists, limnologists, and naturalists.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Garrison, Rosser W

Ellenrieder, Natalia von

Louton, Jerry A

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Abbreviations
1. Introduction
2. Key to families
3. Dicteriadidae
4. Calopterygidae
5. Polythoridae
6. Amphipterygidae
7. Megapodagrionidae
8. Lestidae
9. Synlestidae
10. Perilestidae
11. Platystictidae
12. Coenagrionidae
13. Protoneuridae
14. Pseudostigmatidae
Appendix
Literature Cited
Distribution Tables
List of Figures
Index of Taxa

Über Autor(innen)

Louton, Jerry A
Jerry A. Louton is a museum information technology specialist with the Department of Entomology at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. He coauthored Dragonfly Genera of the New World, also published by Johns Hopkins.

Ellenrieder, Natalia von
Natalia von Ellenrieder is an adjunct researcher for the CONICET at the Instituto de Bio y Geociencias, Salta, Argentina. She coauthored Dragonfly Genera of the New World, also published by Johns Hopkins.

Garrison, Rosser W
Rosser W. Garrison is an insect biosystematist at the California Department of Food and Agriculture.

Rosser W. Garrison is a senior insect biosystematist with the California Department of Food and Agriculture. Natalia von Ellenrieder is an adjunct researcher for the CONICET at the Instituto de Bio y Geociencias, Salta, Argentina. Jerry A. Louton is a museum information technology specialist with the Department of Entomology at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. The three coauthored Dragonfly Genera of the New World, also published by Johns Hopkins.