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Ecology, Systematics, and the Natural History of Predaceous Diving Beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)

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Editors:
  1. Donald A. Yee

    1. School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, USA

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  • Covers all aspects of natural history and systematics of diving beetles (Dytiscidae)

  • Appeals to those working on aquatic beetles, aquatic predators, and beetles and predation in general

  • Includes dozens of color photographs

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. An Introduction to the Dytiscidae: Their Diversity, Historical Importance, Cultural Significance, and Other Musings

    • Donald A. Yee
    Pages 1-16

  3. Larval Chaetotaxy of World Dytiscidae (Coleoptera: Adephaga) and Implications for the Study of Hydradephaga

    • Yves Alarie, Mariano C. Michat
    Pages 17-53

  4. The Phylogeny and Classification of Predaceous Diving Beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)

    • Kelly B. Miller, Johannes Bergsten
    Pages 55-185

  5. Predaceous Diving Beetle Sexual Systems

    • Kelly B. Miller, Johannes Bergsten
    Pages 187-224

  6. Morphology, Anatomy, and Physiological Aspects of Dytiscids

    • Siegfried Kehl
    Pages 225-251

  7. Chemical Ecology and Biochemistry of Dytiscidae

    • Konrad Dettner
    Pages 253-341

  8. Community Patterns in Dytiscids

    • Steven M. Vamosi
    Pages 343-371

  9. Predator–Prey Ecology of Dytiscids

    • Lauren E. Culler, Shin-ya Ohba, Patrick Crumrine
    Pages 373-399

  10. The Unique Australian Subterranean Dytiscidae: Diversity, Biology, and Evolution

    • Andrew Austin, Michelle Guzik, Karl Jones, William Humphreys, Chris Watts, Steven J. B. Cooper
    Pages 401-425

  11. Habitats Supporting Dytiscid Life

    • Margherita Gioria, John Feehan
    Pages 427-503

  12. Dispersal in Dytiscidae

    • David T. Bilton
    Pages 505-528

  13. The Conservation of Predaceous Diving Beetles: Knowns, More Unknowns and More Anecdotes

    • Garth N. Foster, David T. Bilton
    Pages 529-566

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 567-573
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About this book

The 2nd edition of this comprehensive book provides one of the most complete overviews of the aquatic beetles in the family Dytiscidae, also known as predaceous diving beetles. Dytiscids constitute one of the largest families of freshwater insects with approximately 4,650 named species that come in a variety of sizes, colors, and habitat affinities. Although dytiscid adults and larvae are ubiquitous throughout a variety of aquatic habitats, and are important predators on other aquatic invertebrates and vertebrates, there are no compilations that have focused on summarizing the knowledge on aspects of their ecology, systematics, and biology. 

Chapters in this book summarize hitherto scattered topics, including their anatomy and habitats, chemical and community ecology, phylogenies and larval morphology including chaetotaxy, sexual systems, predation, dispersal, conservation, and cultural and historical aspects. The 2nd edition offers updates on the newest scientific findings on dytiscids and also includes a new chapter on the subterranean fauna from Australia. The information in this new edition is potentially beneficial to anyone working in aquatic systems where dytiscids are an important part of the food web. Moreover, readers will gain a greater appreciation of dytiscids as model organisms for investigations of fundamental principles derived from ecological and evolutionary theory. Contributed chapters are by authors who are actively engaged in studying dytiscids, and each chapter provides color photos and future directions for research.

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, USA

    Donald A. Yee

About the editor

Don Yee earned his M.S in Zoology from Texas Tech University and his Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from Illinois State University. His research mostly focuses on the ecology of container mosquitoes, although for his post doctoral appointment he worked on the ecology of predaceous diving beetles in Alberta, Canada. He now works on the ecology of both groups, and is particularly interested in how dytiscids affect populations of mosquitoes and other prey in natural wetlands.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Ecology, Systematics, and the Natural History of Predaceous Diving Beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)

  • Editors: Donald A. Yee

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-01245-7

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-01244-0Published: 02 January 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-01247-1Published: 03 January 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-01245-7Published: 01 January 2023

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: XII, 573

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Zoology, Animal Physiology, Biodiversity, Ecology, Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography

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