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Australian Beetles Volume 2

Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga (part)

Adam Slipinski John F. Lawrence

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CSIRO Publishing
01 November 2019
This three-volume series represents a comprehensive treatment of the beetles of Australia, a relatively under-studied fauna that includes many unusual and unique lineages found nowhere else on Earth.

Volume 2 contains 36 chapters, providing critical information and identification keys to the genera of the Australian beetle families included in suborders Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga and several groups of Polyphaga (Scirtoidea, Hydrophiloidea, Scarabaeoidea, Buprestoidea and Tenebrionidae). Each chapter is richly illustrated in black and white drawings and photographs. The book also includes colour habitus figures for about 1000 Australian beetle genera and subgenera belonging to the families treated in this volume.

This volume is a truly international collaborative effort, as the chapters have been written by 23 contributors from Australia, China, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Poland and USA.

Certificate of Commendation, The Royal Zoological Society of NSW 2020 Whitley Awards: Taxonomy

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Imprint:   CSIRO Publishing
Country of Publication:   Australia
Dimensions:   Height: 275mm,  Width: 210mm,  Spine: 50mm
Weight:   3.600kg
ISBN:   9780643097308
ISBN 10:   0643097309
Pages:   792
Publication Date:  
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Further / Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Adam Slipinski completed his PhD and DSc in Poland where he worked for 20 years at the Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw; he also held a joint appointment as Professor of Biology at the University of Zielona Gora. He is currently working as a Senior Principal Research Scientist and curator at the Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO. He is the author of nearly 200 research publications, the editor of a two-volume book on the phylogeny and classification of beetles, and an author of books on Australian ladybird and longhorn beetles. Adam's research concentrates on the phylogeny and higher classification of beetles. John F. Lawrence is one of the world's preeminent coleopterists; he worked at Harvard University's Museum of Comparative Zoology before emigrating to Australia, where he served as a Senior Principal Research Scientist at the Australian National Insect Collection (CSIRO) until 1999. He has published more than 200 research articles and book chapters and was co-editor of a recent volume of Handbook of Zoology, in which he authored or co-authored more than 50 chapters. John is now retired but continues to conduct research on the phylogeny and classification of beetles.

Reviews for Australian Beetles Volume 2: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga (part)

"""This volume is a monumental achievement, especially considering the vast Australian beetle fauna and all the challenges that brings with it."" -- John Marris * The Weta (55) *"


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