Catalogue of Indian Insects in 5 Volume

by Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher

ISBN: 9789386615565
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Imprint : Daya Publishing House
Year : 2018
Price : Rs. 59995.00
Biblio : x+1694p., 25 cm

Author Profile

Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher (1878-1950) was an English entomologist. He worked in the Royal Navy; he became an expert on the "microlepidoptera" and was appointed as the second Imperial Entomologist in India, succeeding Harold Maxwell-Lefroy at the Imperial Agricultural Research Institute at Pusa. He was a meticulous naturalist and very careful on matters of systematics and taxonomic nomenclature. He produced a list of publications on India Entomology and Catalogue of Indian Insects. He also wrote general works on entomology including Some South Indian Insects, and a Veterinary Entomology for India and hints on collecting and preserving insects. He was Fellow of the Linnean Society, the Royal Entomological Society, Zoological Society of London and a President of the Cotteswold naturalists field club.

About The Book

The insects are the largest class in the animal world, out numbering of other animals. It is distributed throughout the world from the Polar Regions to the tropics and is found on land in fresh and salt water, and in salt lakes and hot springs. Insects represent over half of the planets biological diversity. Insects play a key role in our ecosystem. In India, there are large number of insects and it is very difficult to classify them correctly. The book entitled "Catalogue of Indian Insects" is divided into 5 volumes and covers 29 parts. Volume 1 deals with Part I to Part IX — Acrydidae, Culicidae, Bombyliidae, Trypetidae, Nitidulidae, Stapylinidae, Lasiocampidae, Amatidae and Zygaenidae. Volume 2 gives a detailed account of Part X to Part XVII — Stephanidae, Brenthidae, Tabanidae, Cicindelidae, Palpicornia, Cecidomyidae, Cosmopterygidae and Yponomeutidae. Volume 3 is devoted to Part XVIII — Carabidae. Volume 4 covers in detail of Part XIX to Part XXV — Gyrinoidea, Alucitidae, Lycidae, Phalonidae and Chlidanotidae, Chalcidoidea, Evanidae and Thysanoptera. Volume 5 of the book describes the Part XXVI to Part XXIX — Serphoidea, Isoptera, Anthribidae and Asilidae. This historical reproduction of the book fulfill this long felt needs of students, teachers, researchers engaged in the field of entomology, agriculture, ecology, fisheries, forestry, paleontology, zoology, botany, plant science, medical and veterinary science. It is hoped that this publication will be of immense value to naturalists, ecologists, environmentalists, garden specialist, forest officials, museum experts and extension workers.

Table of Contents

Preface v VOLUME 1 Part I Acrydidae (Tettigidæ) 1.1–1.29 Part II Culicidæ 2.1–2.88 Part III Bombyliidæ 3.1–3.21 Part IV Trypetidæ (Trypaneidæ) 4.1–4.24 Part V Nitidulidae 5.1–5.26 Part VI Staphylinidae 6.1–6.82 Part VII Lasiocampidae 7.1–7.20 Part VIII Amatidæ (Syntomidae) 8.1–8.23 PART-IX Zygænidæ. 9.1–9.67 VOLUME 2 Part X Stephanidæ 10.1–10.9 Part XI Brenthidae 11.1–11.33 Part XII Tabanidae 12.1–12.58 Part XIII Cicindelidae 13.1–13.114 Part XIV Palpicornia 14.1–14.105 Part XV Cecidomyidæ 15.1–15.17 Part XVI Cosmopterygidæ 16.1–16.24 Part XVII Yponomeutidæ 17.1–17.18 VOLUME 3 Part XVIII Carabidæ 18.1–18.280 VOLUME 4 Part XIX Gyrinoidea 19.1–19.31 Part XX Alucitidæ (Pterophoridæ) 20.1–20.48 Part XXI Lycidae 21.1–21.40 Part XXII Phaloniadae and chlidanotidae 22.1-22.8 Part XXIII Chalcidoidea 23.1–23.126 Part XXIV Evanidæ 24.1–24.12 Part XXV Thysanoptera 25.1–25.54 VOLUME 5 Part XXVI Serphoidea 26.1–26.57 Part XXVII Isoptera order. Isoptera 27.1–27.87 Part XXVIII Anthribidae (Coleoptera) 28.1-28.57 Part XXIX Asilidae: Diptera 29.1–29.73