Resources for Week 11, March 30, April 1, & 3

Coleoptera and the "Strepsiptera Problem"

REQUIRED READING
G&E, Chapter 10, pp357-406

Order Overviews (List of taxa for 5th Identification Exam - Coleoptera - and Characters for Identifying Coleoptera families).

Coleoptera

Tree of Life Coleoptera pages. [This is an excellent ToL site. Review also the subordinate pages on the suborders of Coleoptera, Polyphaga, Myxophaga, Adephaga, and Archostemata. This site also lists several excellent links, including the Coleopterists Society and Coleptera.org. Shapes and Colors from the World of Beetles has some very nice photographs of beetles.]

Strepsiptera

Tree of Life Strepsiptera pages. [Another excellent ToL site. Read the discussion on the Relationship of Strepsipterans to Other Insects. See also Hans Pohl's web site on Strepsiptera for excellent SEMs of Strepsiptera.]