Beetles of the World: A Key and Information System for Families and Subfamilies

Beetles of the Worldis the first comprehensive interactive system for identifying all families, most subfamilies and selected tribes and genera of beetles from any part of the world. Anatomical, biogeographical and ecological information is included for each group, as well as images of representative species and lists of published references. The database consists of a set of 945 taxa (family, subfamily, tribe or genus), each of which is coded for 324 characters with from 1 to 13 character states (usually 2 or 3). There are 6 additional text characters, which include short statements on geographic distribution, biology (habitat, feeding habits etc.), nomenclature and classification. Also included are images of representative species with their accompanying specimen data and acknowledgments, and a short list of references pertaining to each group.A. M. Hastings is the author of 'Beetles of the World: A Key and Information System for Families and Subfamilies' with ISBN 9780643065574 and ISBN 0643065571.