Author:
Marshall, S. A. (Stephen A.) author.
ImprintBuffalo, New York : Firefly Books, 2023.
Description638 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Note:Part 1. Life histories, habits and habitats of hymenoptera -- Form & function -- Hymenopteran parasitoids & predators -- Hymenoptera & plants -- Wasps & vertebrates -- Conflict & cooperation -- Hymenoptera & other orders -- Part 2. Diversity -- Classification & phylogeny -- The suborder symphyta -- The superfamily ichneumonoidea & an introduction to the suborder apocrita -- The "proctotrupoids" -- Superfamilies chalcidoidea & mymarommatoidea -- Superfamily cynipoidea -- Superfamilies megalyroidea, evanioidea, stephanoidea & trigonaloidea -- Introduction to the aculeata & the superfamily chrysidoidea -- Superfamily vespoidea -- Superfamily pomiloidea -- Superfamilies thynnoidea, tiphioidea, scolioidea & sierolomorphoidea -- Superfamily formicoidea & family formicidae -- The apoid wasps or spheciform wasps -- The bees -- Part 3. Studying wasps -- Collecting wasps -- Photographing wasps -- Identifying wasps.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 615-623) and index.
Note:"This volume provides the reader with a colorful and enjoyable introduction to a huge group of organisms, along with an overview of the diversity of fascinating families included in the group. Will be welcomed by the scientific, academic and naturalist communities, as well as the next generation of entomologists."-- Provided by publisher.
