عنوان

Host Specialization in the World Agromyzidae (Diptera)

(Number (ISBN

9400918747

(Number (ISBN

9789400918740

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b592724

Title Proper

Host Specialization in the World Agromyzidae (Diptera)

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

by Kenneth A. Spencer.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Dordrecht

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Springer Netherlands

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1990

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

(XII, 444 pages).

Series Title

Series entomologica, 45.

Text of Note

1. Division BRYOPHYTA --; 2. Divisions EQUISETOPHYTA and POLYPODIOPHYTA --; Class EQUISETATAE --; Class FILICOPSIDA --; 3. Division PINOPHYTA --; 4. Division MAGNOLIOPHYTA (ANGIOSPERMS) --; A. Class MAGNOLIOPSIDA (DICOTYLEDONS) --; Subclass MAGNOLIIDAE --; Subclass HAMAMELIDAE --; Subclass CARYOPHYLLIDAE --; Subclass DILLENIIDAE --; Subclass ROSIDAE --; Subclass Asteridae --; Order ASTERALES --; B. Class LILIOPSIDA (MONOCOTYLEDONS) --; Superorder LILIIFLORAE --; Superorder ARIFLORAE --; Superorder ALISMATIFLORAE --; Superorder BROMELIIFLORAE --; Superorder ZINGIBIFLORAE --; Superorder COMMELINIFLORAE --; 5. Polyphagous species --; 6. Concluding remarks: phylogeny, coevolution, colonization --; Taxonomic Appendix --; Acknowledgements --; References.

Text of Note

Phytophagous insects represent a very particular not really belong to their host plant range. This may group of organisms. Firstly, their number amounts lead to mistaken conclusions especially in regions to more than one quarter of all recent species (exƯ where only few observations were possible, as well cluding fungi, algae and microbes) and together with as in the case of uncommon insect species. Fourthly, the green plants on which they feed they form alƯ the great majority (99. 4%) of the agromyzid species most one half of all living species described so far. studied show a high degree of host specialization Secondly, their overwhelming majority shows very which makes these insects especially suitable for narrow host plant specialization, that is they feed taxonomic-phylogenetic considerations. only on one or a few, mostly closely related plant With such an enormous amount of data, it may species, a characteristic that led J.H. Fabre to elabƯ have been tempting to draw far-reaching concluƯ orate the notion of the 'insects' botanical instinct' a sions. However, the author has been very careful in century ago. doing this.

Parallel Title

Series Entomologica, vol. 45; Host Specialization in the World Agromyzidae

Agromyzidae -- Host plants.

Botany.

Life sciences.

Class number

Book number

by Kenneth A. Spencer.

Ann Spencer

Kenneth A Spencer

Electronic name

[Book]

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