Thorp and Covich's Freshwater Invertebrates

Thorp and Covich’s Freshwater Invertebrates: Keys to Hexapoda of Southeast Asia and Subtropical China, Vol VI, is the first comprehensive, fully illustrated guide to identifying the aquatic insects and springtails of one of the world's richest and most threatened freshwater regions. Written by leading specialists from Asia, Europe, Australia, and the Americas, it brings together current taxonomy and recent discoveries in keys to both aquatic adults and immature stages, from mayflies, dragonflies and water bugs to the many families of aquatic beetles and true flies.

The book is designed for anyone who needs to identify a freshwater insect. That includes students, taxonomists, and freshwater ecologists. It also serves environmental consultants and government agencies that use insects to assess water quality, public health workers dealing with mosquitoes and other disease vectors, and conservation managers working in rivers, lakes, wetlands and peat swamps. Clear keys and plain English also make it accessible to naturalists and citizen scientists. With rapid development placing freshwater habitats across the region under growing pressure, this volume provides an essential foundation for research, monitoring and conservation.

• Offers thorough geographic coverage for the identification of aquatic insects throughout Southeast Asia and subtropical China
• Includes taxonomic keys that uniformly proceed among chapters and taxa from higher (order in most cases) to the lowest possible level (usually genus) available for specific regions
• Provides comprehensive, introductory sections on ecology and methods to collect and preserve specific species
• Presents the contributions of acknowledged world experts in their taxonomic groups