The Geographical Distribution of Animals: With a Study of the Relations of Living and Extinct Faunas as Elucidating the Past Changes of the Earth's Surface, 2. köideMacmillan and Company, 1876 - 503 pages |
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Page 14
... important feature in the entomology of the region . But in almost all the other families there are numbers of peculiar genera , amounting in all to about 200 , or not far short of half the total number of genera in the world- ( 431 ) ...
... important feature in the entomology of the region . But in almost all the other families there are numbers of peculiar genera , amounting in all to about 200 , or not far short of half the total number of genera in the world- ( 431 ) ...
Page 15
... important and best known families as representatives of the entire order . Cicindelida . - We find here examples of 15 out of the 35 genera of these insects ; and 10 of these genera are peculiar . The most important are Oxychila ( 11 sp ...
... important and best known families as representatives of the entire order . Cicindelida . - We find here examples of 15 out of the 35 genera of these insects ; and 10 of these genera are peculiar . The most important are Oxychila ( 11 sp ...
Page 16
... important of these are Agra ( 150 sp . ) , Ardistonus ( 44 sp . ) , Schizogenius ( 25 sp . ) , Pelecium ( 24 sp . ) , Calophena ( 22 sp . ) , As- pidoglossa ( 21 sp . ) , and Lia , Camptodonotus , Stenocrepis , and Lachnophorus , with ...
... important of these are Agra ( 150 sp . ) , Ardistonus ( 44 sp . ) , Schizogenius ( 25 sp . ) , Pelecium ( 24 sp . ) , Calophena ( 22 sp . ) , As- pidoglossa ( 21 sp . ) , and Lia , Camptodonotus , Stenocrepis , and Lachnophorus , with ...
Page 17
... important genera can be here referred to , under the three great families into which these insects are divided . The Prionid¿ are excessively numerous , being grouped in 64 genera , more than double the number possessed by any other ...
... important genera can be here referred to , under the three great families into which these insects are divided . The Prionid¿ are excessively numerous , being grouped in 64 genera , more than double the number possessed by any other ...
Page 19
... important deviation from the great family types which pre- vail over the rest of the globe . Land Shells . - The Neotropical region is probably the richest on the globe in Terrestrial Mollusca , but this is owing , not to any extreme ...
... important deviation from the great family types which pre- vail over the rest of the globe . Land Shells . - The Neotropical region is probably the richest on the globe in Terrestrial Mollusca , but this is owing , not to any extreme ...
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