The biology of wetas, king crickets and their allies /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2001.
• Subjects: Anostostomatidae.; Jerusalem crickets.; Gryllacrididae.; Rhaphidophoridae.; Stenopelmatoidea.; Biological Resources (Animal); Anatomy and Morphology (Wild Animals), (New March 2000); Reproduction, Development and Life Cycle (Wild Animals), (New March 2000); Behaviour (Wild Animals), (New March 2000); Taxonomy and Evolution.; Orthoptera.; Animal anatomy.; Animal behaviour.; Animal physiology.; Behaviour.; Biological development.; Biology.; Ecology.; Endangered species.; Evolution.; Morphology.; Sexual reproduction.; Taxonomy.; Zoogeography.; Electronic books.
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Wetas are native to New Zealand and in evolutionary terms are insect 'dinosaurs' within the Orthoptera. Related species occur in South Africa, Australia, North America and to a lesser extent, Europe. This book brings together all known information on these groups (mostly in superfamilies S...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword / David C.F. Rentz
• Introduction / Laurence H. Field
• The Higher Classification, Phylogeny and Evolution of the Superfamily Stenopelmatoidea / Andrej V. Gorochov
• Habitats and Biogeography of New Zealand's Deinacridine and Tusked Weta Species / George W. Gibbs
• North and Central America Jerusalem Crickets (Orthoptera : Stenopelmatidae) : Taxonomy, Distribution, Life Cycle, Ecology and Related Biology of the American Species / David B. Weissman
• South African King Crickets (Anostostomatidae) / Rob B. Toms
• Australian King Crickets : Distribution, Habitats and Biology (Orthoptera : Anostostomatidae) / Geoffrey B. Monteith and Laurence H. Field
• The Gryllacrididae : An Overview of the World Fauna with Emphasis on Australian Examples / Roderick J. Hale and David C.F. Rentz
• The Evolutionary History of Tree Weta : A Genetic Approach / Mary Morgan-Richards, Tania King and Steve Trewick
• Morphology and Anatomy of New Zealand Wetas / Barry O'Brien and Laurence H. Field
• Morphometric Analysis of Hemideina spp. in New Zealand / Laurence H. Field and Robert S. Bigelow
• Sexual Selection and Secondary Sexual Characters of Wetas and King Crickets / Laurence H. Field and Neil A. Deans
• Anatomy, Development and Behaviour of the Chilean Red Cricket, Cratomelus armatus Bl. / Andrés O. Angulo
• The Ecology of Some Large Weta Species in New Zealand / Mary McIntyre
• The Gallery-related Ecology of New Zealand Tree Wetas, Hemideina femorata and Hemideina crassidens (Orthoptera, Anostostomatidae) / Laurence H. Field and Graham R. Sandlant
• Parasites of Anostostomatid Insects / David A. Wharton, Robert Poulin and Claudine L. Tyrrell
• Stridulatory Mechanisms and Associated Behaviour in New Zealand Wetas / Laurence H. Field
• Defence Behaviour / Laurence H. Field and Stephen Glasgow
• Mating Behaviour / Laurence H. Field and Thomas H. Jarman
• Aggression Behaviour in New Zealand Tree Wetas / Laurence H. Field
• Communication and Reproductive Behaviour in North American Jerusalem Crickets (Stenopelmatus) (Orthoptera : Stenopelmatidae) / David B. Weissman
• The Reproductive Biology and the Eggs of New Zealand Anostostomatidae / Ian A.N. Stringer
• Postembryonic Development and Related Changes / Ian A.N. Stringer and Paul R.L. Cary
• Sensory Physiology / Laurence H. Field
• Neuromuscular Physiology and Motor Control / Laurence H. Field
• Circadian Rhythms in Tree Wetas, Hemideina thoracica / Robert D. Lewis and Anna York
• Haemolymph Physiology / Doug Neufeld and John Leader
• Conservation of Threatened Species of Weta (Orthoptera : Anastostomatidae) in New Zealand / Greg Sherley.