Australian Beetles Volume 3: Polyphaga (Part 2)
About this ebook
Volume 3 (Polyphaga, Part 2) contains 12 chapters, providing critical information and identification keys to the genera of the Australian beetle families included in superfamily Curculionoidea (Nemonychidae, Anthribidae, Belidae, Attelabidae, Caridae, Brentidae and Curculionidae) and one subfamily of Cerambycidae (Lamiinae).
Each chapter is richly illustrated with black and white photographs, high-resolution images and drawings. The book also includes colour habitus figures for about 900 Australian beetle genera belonging to the families treated in this volume. The chapters have been written by 11 contributors from Australia, Poland and the USA.
About the author
Hermes E. Escalona is the Zimmerman Fellow and curator at the Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO. He is interested in systematics, morphological and molecular evolution of beetles with a current focus on weevils (Curculionidae) and small beetle families. He is the author of more than 50 research publications and co-author of co-author of Australian Longhorn Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Volume 1 and Australian Longhorn Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Volume 2 (CSIRO Publishing, 2013, 2016).
Adam Slipinski is the Senior Principal Research Scientist and curator at the Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO. His research concentrates on the phylogeny and higher classification of beetles. He is the author of nearly 200 research publications, a co-editor of Volumes 1 and 2 in the Australian Beetles Series (CSIRO Publishing, 2013, 2019), and co-author of Ladybird Beetles of the Australo-Pacific Region (CSIRO Publishing, 2020) and Volumes 1, 2 and 3 in the Australian Longhorn Beetles Series (CSIRO Publishing, 2013, 2016, 2023).
