A Guide to Crickets of Australia

David Rentz, You Ning Su (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

416 Seiten

2019
CSIRO Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-4863-0506-3 (ISBN)

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Featuring keys, distribution maps, illustrations and colour photographs from CSIRO's Australian National Insect Collection, A Guide to Crickets of Australia allows readers to reliably identify all 92 described genera and many species from the Grylloidea (true crickets) and Gryllotalpoidea (mole crickets and ant crickets) superfamilies.

Cricket song is a sound of the Australian bush. Even in cities, the rasping calls signify Australia’s remarkable cricket biodiversity. Crickets are notable for a variety of reasons. When their population booms, some of these species become agricultural pests and destroy crop pastures. Some introduced species are of biosecurity concern. Other crickets are important food sources for native birds, reptiles and mammals, as well as domestic pets. Soon you might even put them in your cake or stir-fry, as there is a rapidly growing industry for cricket products for human consumption.

Featuring keys, distribution maps, illustrations and detailed colour photographs from CSIRO’s Australian National Insect Collection, A Guide to Crickets of Australia allows readers to reliably identify all 92 described genera and many species from the Grylloidea (true crickets) and Gryllotalpoidea (mole crickets and ant crickets) superfamilies. Natural history enthusiasts and professionals will find this an essential guide.

Features

Comprehensive account of all 92 genera and many species from the Grylloidea (true crickets) and Gryllotalpoidea (mole crickets and ant crickets) superfamilies.
Keys, illustrations, detailed colour photographs and distribution maps to aid identification.
Chapters on biology, morphology, collecting crickets and crickets as food.

David Rentz AM specialises in katydids, crickets and other members of the suborder Ensifera. He spent 25 years as Curator of Orthopteroid Insects in the Australian National Insect Collection, Canberra. David is currently an Adjunct Professor at James Cook University and an Honorary Fellow of the California Academy of Sciences. He is the author of several books, including A Guide to the Katydids of Australia, which won a Whitley Award commendation for best field guide. David was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in 2013. You Ning Su studied Australian nemobiine crickets (Gryllidae: Nemobiinae) and is co-author of the book A Guide to Australian Grasshoppers and Locusts. Since 2008, he has been a Research Projects Officer at CSIRO, with responsibility for the Lepidoptera and Orthoptera collections. You Ning has co-authored several taxonomic revisions describing new Lepidoptera and Orthoptera species.

Dedication

Preface

Acknowledgements

Australian National Insect Collection

Introduction

Australian cricketers

Biology

Cricket life cycles and development

Collecting techniques useful for crickets

Morphology

Crickets and culture

Crickets as food

Cricket identification

Superfamily GRYLLOIDEA

Superfamily GRYLLOTALPOIDEA

List of the crickets of Australia

Glossary

Entomological supplies

Websites and special interest groups

Orthopteroid food mix

Cricket recipes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	19.09.2019
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations
Verlagsort	Melbourne
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 215 mm
Gewicht	906 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
ISBN-10	1-4863-0506-7 / 1486305067
ISBN-13	978-1-4863-0506-3 / 9781486305063
Zustand	Neuware