What wasp is that?
An interactive identification guide to the Australasian families of Hymenoptera
The Hymenoptera (ants, bees, sawflies and wasps) are one of the ‘mega-diverse’ insect orders. Species occur ubiquitously from forests and woodlands to grasslands and wetlands, freshwater and intertidal zones to urban parks and gardens. Arguably, no other insect group plays such key roles in the functioning of ecosystems. Wasps regulate insect populations though predation and parasitism, bees are among the most important pollinators of flowering plants, and ants dominate many terrestrial landscapes where they are involved with vital ecological processes such as predation, seed dispersal and soil health.
This interactive Lucid key provides the means to identify the 67 families of Hymenoptera that occur across Australasia using over 250 full-colour, clearly annotated illustrations of features easily seen using basic light microscopy. The key contains a comprehensive introduction on the biology, morphology and classification of the group and includes over 350 colour photographs and detailed descriptions of each family. The numerical and ecological diversity of Hymenoptera make them an ideal study organism. As such, this key will be a valuable tool for students, researchers, biological control practitioners, those involved in ecological surveys and monitoring, or simply anyone with an interest in a unique and important, yet often unnoticed, component of our native biodiversity.
Tiphid sp. male
Tiphid sp. male
About this CD ROM
Electronic series
ABRS Identification Series
Publishers
Australian Biological Resources Study/
Centre for Biological Information Technology (CBIT)
Year
2007
Authors
N.B.Stevens
C.J.Stephens
Muhammad Iqbal
J.T.Jennings
J.La Salle
A.D.Austin
ISBN-10
0 642 56851 0
ISBN-13
978 0 642 56851 9
System requirements
- Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003, Mac OSX, Linux, Solaris
- 128MB RAM (256MB or greater recommended)
- Minimum 98MB of free disk space to run Java
- SVGA monitor (800 × 600 or better)
- CD ROM 4× speed or greater
- Mouse
- Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.4.2 or greater
- Java-enabled web browser such as Internet Explorer, Netscape, FireFox, or Safari
Available from
Centre for Biological Information Technology (CBIT)
Level 6
Hartley Teakle Building
The University of Queensland
Brisbane QLD 4072
Ph: (07) 3365 1851
Fax: (07) 3365 1855
Email: enquiries@cbit.uq.edu.au
International
Ph: 617 3365 1851
Fax: 617 3365 1855
Also available to purchase as a bundle:
What wasp is that? and On The fly
Key
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