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List of boxes.
Preface to the fourth edition.

Preface to the third edition.

Preface to the second edition.

Preface and acknowledgments for first edition.

1 THE IMPORTANCE, DIVERSITY, AND CONSERVATION OF INSECTS.
2 EXTERNAL ANATOMY.
3 INTERNAL ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY.
4 SENSORY SYSTEMS AND BEHAVIOR.
5 REPRODUCTION.
6 INSECT DEVELOPMENT AND LIFE HISTORIES.
7 INSECT SYSTEMATICS: PHYLOGENY AND CLASSIFICATION.
8 INSECT BIOGEOGRAPHY AND EVOLUTION.
9 GROUND-DWELLING INSECTS.
10 AQUATIC INSECTS.
11 INSECTS AND PLANTS.
12 INSECT SOCIETIES.
13 INSECT PREDATION AND PARASITISM.
14 INSECT DEFENSE.
15 MEDICAL AND VETERINARY ENTOMOLOGY.
16 PEST MANAGEMENT.
17 METHODS IN ENTOMOLOGY: COLLECTING, PRESERVATION, CURATION, AND IDENTIFICATION.

This established, popular textbook provides a stimulating and comprehensive introduction to the insects, the animals that represent over half of the planet's biological diversity. In this new fourth edition, the authors introduce the key features of insect structure, function, behavior, ecology and classification, placed within the latest ideas on insect evolution. Much of the book is organised around major biological themes - living on the ground, in water, on plants, in colonies, and as predators, parasites/parasitoids and prey. A strong evolutionary theme is maintained throughout. The ever-growing economic importance of insects is emphasized in new boxes on insect pests, and in chapters on medical and veterinary entomology, and pest management. Updated 'taxoboxes' provide concise information on all aspects of each of the 27 major groupings (orders) of insects.