The insects : structure and function /
R.F. Chapman.
- 4th ed.
- Cambridge, UK : New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
- xvii, 770 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
pt. I. The head, ingestion, utilization and distribution of food ; 1. Head ; 2. Mouthparts and feeding ; 3. Alimentary canal, digestion and absorption ; 4. Nutrition ; 5. Circulatory system, blood and immune system ; 6. Fat body ; pt. II. The thorax and locomotion ; 7. Thorax ; 8. Legs and locomotion ; 9. Wings and flight ; 10. Muscles ; pt. III. The abdomen, reproduction and development ; 11. Abdomen ; 12. Reproductive system : male ; 13. Reproductive system : female ; 14. The egg and embryology ; 15. Postembryonic development ; pt. IV. The integument, gas exchange and homeostasis ; 16. Integument ; 17. Gaseous exchange ; 18. Excretion and salt and water regulation ; 19. Thermal relations ; pt. V. Communication ; 20. Nervous system ; 21. Endocrine system ; 22. Vision ; 23. Mechanoreception ; 24. Chemoreception ; 25. Visual signals : color and light production ; 26. Mechanical communication : producing sound and substrate vibration ; 27. Chemical communication : pheromones and chemicals with interspecific significance.