The Other Insect Societies

HARDCOVER

$98.00 • £85.95 • €89.95

ISBN 9780674021631

Publication Date: 09/30/2006

812 pages

6-3/8 x 10 inches

24 color illustrations; 45 line illustrations

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Foreword by Bert Hölldobler
Commentary by Edward O. Wilson
- 1. Introduction: What’s in a Name?
- 2. The Ecology of Social Evolution: Lessons from the Other Insect Societies
Orthopteroidea
- 3. Dermaptera: Earwig Mothers
- 4. Orthoptera: Hopper Herds and Cricket Families
- 5. Embiidina: The Webspinners
- 6. Mantodea and Phasmatodea: Mantids and Walkingsticks
- 7. Blattodea: Cockroaches That Care
- 8. Psocoptera and Zoraptera: Barklice and Angel Insects
Hemipteroidea
- 9. Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Aphidoidea: Samurai Aphids
- 10. Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Treehopper Herds
- 11. Hemiptera: Heteroptera I: Terrestrial Bugs
- 12. Hemiptera: Heteroptera II: Aquatic Bugs
- 13. Thysanoptera: Communes and Family Fortresses
Neuropteroidea
- 14. Coleoptera: Beetle Societies I: Dung, Rove, and Carrion Beetles and Their Allies
- 15. Coleoptera: Beetle Societies II: Bark and Ambrosia Beetles and Other Weevils
- 16. Coleoptera: Beetle Societies III: Leaf, Fungus, Carrion, Darkling, and Whirligig Beetles and Their Allies
Panorpoidea
- 17. Lepidoptera: Social Caterpillars I: Moths
- 18. Lepidoptera: Social Caterpillars II: More Moths, and Social Butterflies
Hymenopteroidea
- 19. Hymenoptera: Symphyta: Sawfly Societies
Noninsect Arthropods
- 20. Other Social Arthropods: Arachnids, Centipedes, Millipedes, and Crustaceans
Coda: Sociality in an Appalachian Spring
Illustration Sources
Acknowledgments
Taxonomic Index
Subject Index
Author Index