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Geometrid Moths of the World
A Catalogue

Malcolm Scoble (Ed)

The Geometridae is one of the most species-rich families of Lepidoptera. This outstanding book is the first comprehensive catalogue of the 35,000 names of these insects.

The primary purpose of the work is to provide a substantial body of taxonomic information, much of it previously unpublished, on the available names of the Geometridae. The catalogue is based on the most complete world classification of the geometrids, the card index to genera and species in The Natural History Museum.

The two volumes include information on type specimens, type localities and, where possible, larval foodplants. A CD-ROM listing all species referred to in the two text volumes in included with the package and will be of great value to verify valid names and to check spelling.

Key features

  • Based on the most complete world classification of the geometrids
  • Useful, useable catalogue, invaluable for entomologists, systematists, evolutionary biologists and ecologists
  • CD-ROM listing all species
  • Substantial body of taxonomic information, much previously unpublished

Contents
Volume 1 Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Purpose; The family Geometridae: A Perspective; Patterns of Species description in the Geometridae; The Catalogue in Context; Construction of the Catalogue; The Global Taxonomic Facility (database); Sources; Entries to the catalogue (protocols); Nomenclature; Roles Played by the Contributors; References; The Catalogue; A-H; Index. Volume 2 I-Z; Abbreviations of Type Depositories; Appendix: Genera in Systematic Order; Index.

Contributors
Malcolm J Scoble initiated, planned and managed the project.
Mark S Parsons compiled the Global Taxonomic facility.
Martin R Honey provided advice on nomenclatural interpretation.
Linda M Pitkin provided advice on nomenclature and on operating the software for the database.
Brian R Pitkin helped design the structure of the Global Taxonomic facility and gave support on computerisation of the data.

Reviews
"a masterpiece of taxonomic scholarship" Systematic Entomology

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ISBN: 0 643 06304 8
Price: Aust and NZ $Aus 395; Elsewhere US$295
Format: Hardback in two volumes plus CD-ROM
Size: 303 x 215 mm
Extent: 1,312 pp
Published: June 1999
Subject classification: Entomology