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Fauna --- Aquatic insects --- taxonomy --- Plecoptera --- Switzerland --- Stoneflies --- Stone-flies --- Flies --- Insects --- Geographical distribution --- Identification

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Insects have successfully inhabited all freshwater habitats on Earth and are often the most diverse and abundant species in streams and ponds. With a disproportionally high species richness compared to the area covered by freshwaters, aquatic insects represent a hotspot of diversity. They play crucial roles in aquatic food webs as primary consumers, detritivores, and predators, but they also represent an important food resource for aquatic and terrestrial predators. Many aquatic insect orders, such as mayflies, stoneflies, and caddisflies, include taxa that are highly sensitive to habitat alterations, reflecting the health of the overall aquatic ecosystem. This feature is exploited by many scientists and practitioners around the world for water and environment quality monitoring. Despite their importance in term of diversity, ecosystem services and bioindication, many aquatic insect species are critically endangered, mainly due to anthropogenic pressures on freshwaters and climate change. Although the research efforts on aquatic insects tremendously increased during the 21st century, much is still left undiscovered. This Special Issue addresses existing knowledge gaps and increases our understanding of taxonomic diversity and phylogeny, distribution patterns, and community ecology of aquatic insects through 15 new studies that cover most of the aquatic insect orders over a wide geographic range. In a context of rapid global biodiversity loss, accelerating the acquisition of both fundamental and applied knowledge is crucial.

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From the author of the acclaimed Beetles of Eastern North America, a triumphant follow-up guide to western beetles, lavishly illustrated with more than 1,500 stunning color photographsBeetles of Western North America is a landmark book-the only comprehensive color photographic guide to the remarkably diverse and beautiful beetles of the United States and Canada west of the Continental Divide. A triumphant follow-up to Arthur Evans's highly regarded Beetles of Eastern North America, this engaging and accessible book covers 1,428 species from all 131 families that occur in the West. The book is lavishly illustrated with more than 1,500 stunning images by some of the best insect photographers in North America.An extensive introduction provides essential information on beetle anatomy, natural history, behavior, and conservation, as well as tips on where and when to find beetles; how to photograph, collect, and rear them; and how to contribute to research. Beetles of Western North America is organized by family, and each family and species account presents concise and easy-to-understand information on identification, natural history, collecting, and geographic range. The book includes current information on distribution, biology, and taxonomy not found in other guides, and features an illustrated identification key to the most common beetle families.An unmatched guide to the rich variety of western North American beetle fauna, this is a must-have book for amateur naturalists, nature photographers, insect enthusiasts, students, professional entomologists, and other biologists.The only comprehensive color photographic guide to the region's beetlesCovers 1,428 species from all 131 families west of the Continental DivideFeatures more than 1,500 stunning color photographsPresents concise information on identification, natural history, collecting, and geographic range for each species and familyIncludes an illustrated identification key to the most common beetle families

Beetles --- Western Canada. --- West United States. --- Abdomen. --- Ambrosia beetle. --- Anthicidae. --- Anthrenus. --- Aphid. --- Aphodiinae. --- Appendage. --- Arachnid. --- Asian long-horned beetle. --- Balsam woolly adelgid. --- Bark beetle. --- Beetle. --- Blister beetle. --- Bombardier beetle. --- Bostrichidae. --- Buprestidae. --- Burying beetle. --- California ground squirrel. --- Cantharidin. --- Casey's June beetle. --- Cerophytidae. --- Click beetle. --- Coccinellidae. --- Colorado potato beetle. --- Cryptophagidae. --- Cucujidae. --- Curculionidae. --- Darkling beetle. --- Deathwatch beetle. --- Delta green ground beetle. --- Dermestidae. --- Derodontidae. --- Drugstore beetle. --- Dytiscidae. --- Elm leaf beetle. --- Elytron. --- Emerald ash borer. --- Entomology. --- Erotylidae. --- False stag beetle. --- Female. --- Flea beetle. --- Fungus. --- Geotrupidae. --- Glischrochilus. --- Ground beetle. --- Halictidae. --- Harmonia axyridis. --- Harvester ant. --- Hemiptera. --- Hercules beetle. --- Histeridae. --- Hybosoridae. --- Hydraenidae. --- Hydrophilus (beetle). --- Hypermetamorphosis. --- Insect. --- Iron Cross Beetle. --- Japanese beetle. --- Laemophloeidae. --- Larva. --- Lasioderma serricorne. --- Latridiidae. --- Leaf beetle. --- Longhorn beetle. --- Lutrochidae. --- Lycidae. --- Mandible. --- Mesothorax. --- Millipede. --- Mordellidae. --- Myxophaga. --- Neoptychodes trilineatus. --- Northern Arizona. --- Northern Mexico. --- Nosodendridae. --- Oedemeridae. --- Ohlone tiger beetle. --- Plecoptera. --- Pogonomyrmex. --- Prothorax. --- Pupa. --- Pygidium. --- Rain beetle. --- Rhinosimus. --- Rove beetle. --- Sap beetle. --- Scarabaeidae. --- Scarabaeinae. --- Soldier beetle. --- Spermophilus. --- Stag beetle. --- Striped cucumber beetle. --- Tiger beetle. --- Tubercle. --- Typhaea stercorea. --- Valley elderberry longhorn beetle. --- Varied carpet beetle. --- Weevil. --- Woodboring beetle.