IMMS’ General Textbook of Entomology: Volume I: Structure, Physiology and DevelopmentA.D. Imms, O.W. Richards, R.G. Davies seem as appropriate now as the original balance was when Dr A. D. Imms' textbook was first published over fifty years ago. There are 35 new figures, all based on published illustrations, the sources of which are acknowledged in the captions. We are grateful to the authors concerned and also to Miss K. Priest of Messrs Chapman & Hall, who saved us from many errors and omissions, and to Mrs R. G. Davies for substantial help in preparing the bibliographies and checking references. London O.W.R. May 1976 R.G.D. Part I ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY Chapter I INTRODUCTION Definition of the Insecta (Hexapoda) The insects are tracheate arthropods in which the body is divided into head, thorax and abdomen. A single pair of antennae (homologous with the anten nules of the Crustacea) is present and the head also bears a pair of mandibles and two pairs of maxillae, the second pair fused medially to form the labium. The thorax carries three pairs of legs and usually one or two pairs of wings. The abdomen is devoid of ambulatory appendages, and the genital opening is situated near the posterior end of the body. Postembryonic development is rarely direct and a metamorphosis usually occurs. |
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Segmentation and the Divisions of the Body | 24 |
The Head and Cervix | 27 |
The Classification and Phylogeny of Insects 421 | 32 |
Thysanura 433 | 35 |
Diplura 444 | 36 |
The Respiratory System | 209 |
The Circulatory System | 234 |
The Excretory Organs Fatbody and other Haemocoelic Structures | 248 |
The Glands or Organs of Secretion | 263 |
Embioptera 583 | 270 |
The Reproductive System | 287 |
Dictyoptera 592 | 290 |
Isoptera 606 | 293 |
The Thorax | 42 |
Protura 454 | 48 |
Exopterygote Insects Order 5 Ephemeroptera 476 | 53 |
Plecoptera 521 | 58 |
Grylloblattodea 533 | 63 |
The Abdomen | 73 |
The Endoskeleton | 81 |
The Muscular System | 86 |
The Nervous System ΙΟΙ | 101 |
The Sense Organs and Perception | 123 |
The Sound and Lightproducing Organs | 179 |
The Alimentary Canal Nutrition and Digestion | 192 |
Phasmida 563 | 199 |
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