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Origins of the North American insect fauna : papers originating from a symposium at the joint annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America, the Entomological Society of Canada, and the Entomological Society of Ontario, Toronto, 30 November 1982 / organized and edited on behalf of the Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods) by J.A. Downes and D.H. Kavanaugh.

Format Book and Print
Publication InfoOttawa : Entomological Society of Canada, 1988.
Description168 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Subject(s)
Other author/creatorDownes, J. A. (John Antony), 1914-
Other author/creatorKavanaugh, David H.
Other author/creatorEntomological Society of America.
Other author/creatorEntomological Society of Ontario.
Other author/creatorEntomological Society of Canada (1951- )
Other author/creatorBiological Survey of Canada.
Series Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada ; no. 144
Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada ; no. 144. ^A168068
Contents Symposium, origins of the North American insect fauna: introduction and commentary / J.A. Downes and D.H. Kavanaugh -- Origins of the North American Ephemeroptera fauna, especially the Leptophlebiidae / W.L. Peters -- Geographic affinities of the North American Mecoptera / G.W. Byers --Biogeography and origins of the North American stoneflies (Plecoptera) / H.B.N. Hynes -- Faunal relationships between eastern North America and Europe, as shown by insects / G.R. Noonan -- The post-glacial colonization of the North Atlantic islands / J.A. Downes -- Late quaternary history of the northern beetle fauna of North America: a synthesis of fossil and distributional evidence / D.P. Schwert and A.C. Ashworth -- A zoogeographic analysis of the Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) of Beringia, and some inferences about past Beringian habitats / J.D. Lafontaine and D.M. Wood -- The insect fauna of the Pacific Northwest coast of North America: present patterns and affinities and their origins / D.H. Kavanaugh -- Of ground beetles and men: introduced species and the synanthropic fauna of western Canada / J.R. Spence and D. H. Spence.
General noteSummaries in French.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
LCCN 89139272

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Joyner General Stacks QL473 .O75 1988 ✔ Available Place Hold