Beschreibung:
This book is the first of four volumes in the Handbook of Zoology series which treat the systematics and biology of Coleoptera. With approximately 350,000 described species, Coleoptera are by far the most species-rich order of insects and the largest group of animals of comparable geological age.
Systematic Position and Early Evolution · Classification · Molecular Systematics of Coleoptera: What Has Been Achieved So Far? · Coleoptera, Morphology · Archostemata · Myxophaga · Adephaga · Polyphaga · Staphyliniformia · Hydrophiloidea · Staphylinoidea · Scarabaeiformia · Scarabaeoidea · Elateriformia (part.) · Scirtoidea · Dascilloidea · Buprestoidea · Byrrhoidea