The beetles of the Pacific Northwest. Part I: Introduction and Adephaga

Publication Type:

Book

Authors:

Hatch, Melville H.

Source:

University of Washington Publications in Biology, University of Washington Press, Volume 16, Seattle, WA, p.340 (1953)

Call Number:

B53HAT01IDUS

URL:

https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/xmlui/handle/1957/13821?show=full

Keywords:

Adephaga, Amphizoidae, Carabidae, Coleoptera, Cupedidae, Dytiscidae, Gyrinidae, Haliplidae, Rhysodidae

Abstract:

This publication is part one of five completed for The Beetles of the Pacific Northwest (PNW). After providing a brief history of the study of Coleoptera in the region, it describes and illustrates the external anatomy of Coleoptera and explains geographic factors, ecological relationships, and economic importance of Coleoptera in the PNW. Keys to the families of the suborder Adephaga make up the bulk of the document.