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Insect Mouthparts

Form, Function, Development and Performance
Zoological Monographs, Band 5

von: Harald W. Krenn
139,09 €
Verlag:	Springer
Format:	PDF
Veröffentl.:	09.12.2019
ISBN/EAN:	9783030296544
Sprache:	englisch

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Titelbeschreibung

<div><p>This is the first comprehensive book focusing on the form and function of insect mouthparts. Written by leading experts, it reviews the current knowledge on feeding types and the evolution of mouthparts and presents new research approaches. The richly illustrated articles cover topics ranging from functional morphology, biomechanics of biting and chewing, and the biophysics of fluid-feeding to the morphogenesis and genetics of mouthpart development, ecomorphology in flower-visiting insects as well as the evolution of mouthparts, including fossil records. Intended for entomologists and scientists interested in interdisciplinary approaches, the book provides a solid basis for future scientific work. </p><div>Chapter 6 of this book is available open access under a CC BY 4.0 license at link.springer.com.<br></div><div><br></div><br></div>

Inhaltsverzeichnis

<div><p>Introduction: Ecological Importance of Insect Feeding.- Form and Function of Insect Mouthparts.- Fluid-Feeding Mouthparts.- Suspension and Filter Feeding in Aquatic Insects.- Theme and Variation in the Development of Insect Mouthparts.- The Early Evolution of Biting-Chewing Performance in Hexapoda.- The Generalized Feeding Apparatus of Cockroaches: A Model for Biting and Chewing Insects.- Physical Determinants of Fluid-Feeding in Insects.- Hierarchical Microstructures and Functions of the Lepidopteran Proboscis Cuticle.- Comparative Functional Morphology of Ant Mouthparts and Significance for Liquid Food Intake.- From Chewing to Sucking via Phylogeny – from Sucking to Chewing via Ontogeny: Mouthparts of Neuroptera.- Structure and Evolution of Mouthparts in Coleoptera.- What´s on the Menu: Floral Tissue, Pollen or Nectar? Mouthpart Adaptations of Anthophilous Beetles to Floral Food Sources.- Evolution of the Multifunctional Mouthparts of Adult Vespidae.- Superlong Proboscises asCo-Adaptations to Flowers.- Morphogenesis of Piercing Stylets in Hemiptera.- The Fossil Record of Insect Mouthparts: Innovation, Functional Convergence and Association with Other Organisms.</p><br></div>

Autorenportrait

<b></b><b>Harald W. Krenn</b> is an Associate Professor at the Department of Integrative Zoology at the University of Vienna (Austria), where he graduated in Zoology and Botany. His current research focuses on the evolutionary morphology of insect mouthparts, integrating new methods of functional morphology with feeding behaviour and ecology under evolutionary perspectives. He is particularly interested in interdisciplinary research on flower-visiting insects, which also involves fieldwork in the Austrian Alps, Neotropical rainforests and the Cape Floristic Region of South Africa.

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This is the first comprehensive book focusing on the form and function of insect mouthparts. Written by leading experts, it reviews the current knowledge on feeding types and the evolution of mouthparts and presents new research approaches. The richly illustrated articles cover topics ranging from functional morphology, biomechanics of biting and chewing, and the biophysics of fluid-feeding to the morphogenesis and genetics of mouthpart development, ecomorphology in flower-visiting insects as well as the evolution of mouthparts, including fossil records. Intended for entomologists and scientists interested in interdisciplinary approaches, the book provides a solid basis for future scientific work.<div><br><div><div>Chapter 6 of this book is available open access under a CC BY 4.0 license at link.springer.com.<br></div><div><br></div></div></div>

Sonderbeitrag

The first comprehensive book about insect mouthparts Includes information on functional types, biomechanics, evolution and developmental biology of insect mouthparts Discusses various related topics, like feeding performance, palaeontology and larval mouthparts Richly illustrated with SEM micrographs, colour photos and illustrations