Texas Tech University Press
Menu


   

B O O K S

Click for larger image



08/2008. 704 pages. 338 b/w illustrations; 60 figures
978-0-89672-620-8

$140.00s cloth



Coming soon: online ordering! In the meantime, please call 800.832.4042 or 806.742.2982 to order.

A Manual of Acarology
Third Edition

Edited by G. W. Krantz and D. E. Walter

In the thirty years since the second edition of A Manual of Acarology was published, acarologists have discovered a multitude of new taxa, made major modifications in classification of acarines, and profoundly altered their understanding of the Acari, inspiring new and innovative approaches to resolving many basic and applied acarological problems. Now, this completely revised and updated reference, the only one in the discipline, is available to researchers, teachers, students, and plant and animal scientists wishing to explore the complex and often astonishing world of mites.

This edition remains primarily taxonomic in approach, but it also provides detailed information on subjects including phylogeny, biology, morphology, systematics, ecology, and behavior. The editors discuss collection and rearing techniques in detail, as well as specimen preparation and methods of preservation. Taxonomic diagnoses for the 124 presently recognized superfamilies of Acari are included in their appropriate systematic chapters, and feeding habits, host range, and distribution of member families and representative species are discussed under each superfamilial heading. The authors complement their text with keys to families (with the Ixodida keyed to genus), a bibliography comprising more than 4,000 entries, and a detailed index. More than 330 labeled line drawings and scanning electron micrographs illustrate the text.

Unlike previous editions, the third is the product of a team effort by ten authors whose contributions have been amalgamated into a seamless text. In addition to the editors, the contributors are V. M. Behan-Pelletier, D. R. Cook, M. S. Harvey, J. E. Keirans, E. E. Lindquist, R. A. Norton, B. M. OConnor, and I. M. Smith, all leading experts in areas of acarology.

G. W. Krantz is professor emeritus of entomology at Oregon State University.

D. E. Walter is professor of biological sciences at the University of Alberta.

Home  |  Search  |  TTUP News  |  Books  |  Journals  |  About the Press  |  Contact Us  |  Privacy Policy  |  Site Map Texas Tech University logo


© 2006 Texas Tech University Press  |  2903 4th Street, Suite 201  |  Lubbock, TX 79409-1037  |  800.832.4042