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Index
Cover
Halftitle page
Title page
Copyright page
Dedication page
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction to the Arthropods
What Is an Arthropod?
The Diversity and Abundance of Arthropods
The Many Roles of Arthropods
Classification of the Arthropods
Common Name or Scientific Name?
2. What One Sees on the Outside—External Features of Insects
The Exoskeleton
The Insect Head
The Thorax
The Abdomen
3. The Internal Organization
Gas Exchange
Circulation of Blood
Fat Body
Digestive System
Excretory System
Reproductive System
Nervous System
Insect Senses
4. Growth and Metamorphosis
Molting or Ecdysis
Metamorphosis
Development Rate and Diapause
5. The Arachnids—Spiders, Scorpions, Mites, and Other Eight-Legged Wonders
Class Arachnida
Order Scorpiones—Scorpions
Order Palpigradi—Micro Whipscorpions
Order Thelyphonida (Uropygi)—Whipscorpions (Vinegaroons)
Order Schizomida—Shorttailed Whipscorpions
Order Amblypygi—Tailless Whipscorpions (Amblypygids, Whipspiders)
Order Araneae—Spiders
Order Ricinulei—Hooded Tickspiders
Order Opiliones—Harvestmen (Opilionids, Daddy Longlegs)
Order Acari—Mites and Ticks
Order Pseudoscorpiones—Pseudoscorpions
Order Solifugae—Windscorpions (Sunspiders, Solpugids, Camel Spiders)
6. The “Other” Arthropods
Myriapods and Crustaceans
Subphylum Crustacea—The Crustaceans
Myriapoda—The Myriapods
Class Chilopoda—Centipedes
Class Pauropoda—Pauropods
Class Symphyla—Symphylans
Class Diplopoda—Millipedes
7. Oldies but Goodies
The Entognathous Hexapods and Primitively Wingless Insects
The Entognathous Hexapods
Order Protura—Proturans
Order Collembola—Springtails
Order Diplura—Diplurans
The Primitive Wingless Insects (Apterygota)
Order Microcoryphia—Jumping Bristletails
Order Thysanura—Silverfish
8. Insects Fly!
Mayflies, Damselflies, and Dragonflies
Order Ephemeroptera—Mayflies
Order Odonata—Dragonflies and Damselflies
9. Jumpers and Strollers—Grasshoppers, Crickets, and Walkingsticks
Order Orthoptera—Grasshoppers, Crickets, and Katydids
Order Phasmatodea—Walkingsticks and Leaf Insects
10. Variety Is the Spice of Life—Some Minor, but Interesting, Insect Orders
Stoneflies, Webspinners, Angel Insects, Earwigs, and Rock Crawlers
Order Plecoptera—Stoneflies
Order Embiidina—Webspinners
Order Zoraptera—Zorapterans, Angel Insects
Order Dermaptera—Earwigs
Order Grylloblattodea—Rock Crawlers or Ice Crawlers
Order Mantophasmatodea—Heelwalkers, Gladiators, African Rock Crawlers
11. Roach Cities and Assassin Cousins
Cockroaches, Termites, and Mantids
Order Blattodea—Cockroaches
Order Isoptera—Termites
Order Mantodea—Mantids
12. Lousy Nitpickers
Lice and Psocids
Order Phthiraptera—Lice
Order Psocoptera—Barklice and Booklice
13. Life on an All-Fluid Diet
True Bugs, Aphids, Cicadas, Whiteflies, Thrips, and Other Sap Suckers
Order Hemiptera—True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Psyllids, Whiteflies, Aphids, and Scale Insects
Suborder Heteroptera—The True Bugs
Suborder Auchenorrhyncha—Cicadas and Hoppers
Suborder Sternorrhyncha—Aphids, Psyllids, Whiteflies, and Scales
Order Thysanoptera—The Thrips
14. Insect Bruisers and Their Lacewinged Cousins
Beetles, Lacewings, Dobsonflies, and Relatives
Order Coleoptera—The Beetles
Order Neuroptera—Alderflies, Dobsonflies, Fishflies, Snakeflies, Lacewings, Antlions, and Owlflies
15. City Builders That Rule
Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies
16. Scale-Winged Beauties and Custom Homebuilders
Moths, Butterflies, and Caddisflies
Order Lepidoptera—Butterflies, Moths, and Skippers
Order Trichoptera—Caddisflies
17. “Gift” Bearers of Plague—or a Plump Insect Wedding Present
Fleas and Scorpionflies
Order Siphonaptera—Fleas
Order Mecoptera—Scorpionflies and Hangingflies
18. Marvels of the Air—Two-Winged Wonders
True Flies and the Twisted-Wing Parasites
Order Diptera—The True Flies
Order Strepsiptera—Twisted-Wing Parasites
Appendix I: State Insects
Appendix II: Largest Arthropods
Appendix III: Summary of Features of the Hexapod Orders
Order Phthiraptera (Lice)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Aphids, Whiteflies, Scale Insects, Hoppers, Cicadas, and Others)
Order Thysanoptera (Thrips)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Order Neuroptera (Alderflies, Dobsonflies, Snakeflies, Lacewings, Antlions, and Owlflies)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Order Trichoptera (Caddisflies)
Order Mecoptera (Scorpionflies)
Order Siphonaptera (Fleas)
Order Diptera (True Flies)
Order Strepsiptera (Twisted-Wing Parasites)
Glossary
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