Amphizoidae, Aspidytidae, Haliplidae, Noteridae and Paelobiidae (Coleoptera, Adephaga)
Amphizoidae, Aspidytidae, Haliplidae, Noteridae and Paelobiidae (Coleoptera, Adephaga)

Author: Anders N. Nilsson

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2021-11-22

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 9004473394

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Concerns about global biodiversity are rising dramatically, yet we are lagging behind in the most basic prerequisite for its understanding and conservation: the inventory. Insect species may make up five or ten times the number of all other plant and animal species combined, and as such they represent one of the major challenges in biosystematic science. World Catalogue of Insects is an initiative aiming at compiling worldscale, authoritative catalogues of monophyletic insect taxa. Volumes in this series will contain standard nomenclatoral information on all names pertaining to the taxon treated, including type locality and distribution to the extent this is relevant. Additional information is optional, e.g. location, status and condition of types; biology; bibliographical information; pest status; vector status; etc. This volume seven focuses on Amphizoidae, Aspidytidae, Haliplidae, Noteridae and Paelobiidae (Coleoptera, Adephaga). (Series: World Catalogue of Insects)

Catalogue
Catalogue

Author: Dulau & Co., ltd., Booksellers, London

Publisher:

Published: 1927

Total Pages: 622

ISBN-13:

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Ascension - the Story of a South Atlantic Island
Ascension - the Story of a South Atlantic Island

Author: Duff Hart-Davis

Publisher:

Published: 1972

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13:

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The bleak volcanic landscape of the remote Ascension Islands, 800 miles from its nearest neighbour St Helena, was described by a naval officer in the 1850s as one of the strangest places on earth. Man has since transformed this heap of clinker, slag and cinders into pockets of greenery. Into an almost perfect natural vacuum the early settlers brought many plants and animals which escaped and went wild. Today the giant green turtles still return to lay their eggs on the beaches, the seabird colonies festoon the cliffs and the island's small permanent human population thrives in one of the world's most isolated locations.