Urban Insects and Arachnids (gnv64)

Urban Insects and Arachnids: A Handbook of Urban Entomology
By William H. Robinson
Cambridge University Press | May 2005 | PDF | ISBN10: 0521812034 | 480 pages | 11.9 mb
Amazon Link : http://www.amazon.com/Urban-Insects-Arachnids-Handbook-Entomology/dp/0521812534

The rise of biological control techniques and integrated pest management (IPM), and their successful application in agricultural systems, has attracted many entomologists to attempt the crossover of these methods into household and industrial environments. Covering all the major groups of insects and other arthropods considered urban pests, this reference provides the reader with an up-to-date and comprehensive review of basic biology, behavior, distribution and, most importantly, control methodology.

"Handbook of Urban Insects and Arachnids is an excellent reference text for urban entomologists. It is the first international census of the pests affecting households, structures, public health, and landscapes. With internationalization and the "shrinking globe," pest distributions are expanding. In addition, lines between structures, public health, and landscapes, as well as lines between regional and international research and cooperation on urban pests, are becoming less static. Thus, this resource is a timely addition to our libraries, and it will fill an important niche."

CONTENTS
Preface page vii
Part I Urban entomology
1 Introduction 3
2 Theurban ecosystem 6
3 Peststatus and pest control 15
Part II Insects in the urban environment
4 Blattaria 35
5 Coleoptera 65
6 Collembola, Dermaptera 139
7 Diptera, Ephemeroptera 147
8 Hemiptera, Homoptera 202
9 Hymenoptera 224
10 Isoptera 291
11 Lepidoptera 328
12 Mantodea, Neuroptera 346
13 Orthoptera, Phasmatodea 350
14 Phthiraptera 359
15 Plecoptera, Psocoptera 365
16 Siphonaptera 374
17 Thysanoptera, Thysanura, Trichoptera 382
Part III Other arthropods in the urban environment
18 Arthropoda 389
Family, genus, species index 441
Index 456