Catalogue of Indian Insects (5 Vols-Set)
Contents: Preface. Volume 1: Part I. Acrydidae (Tettigidae) 1.1–1.29. Part II. Culicidae 2.1–2.88. Part III. Bombyliidae 3.1–3.21. Part IV. Trypetidae (Trypaneidae) 4.1–4.24. Part V. Nitidulidae 5.1–5.26. Part VI. Staphylinidae 6.1–6.82. Part VII. Lasiocampidae 7.1–7.20. Part VIII. Amatidae (Syntomidae) 8.1–8.23. Part IX. Zygaenidae 9.1–9.67. Volume 2: Part X. Stephanidae 10.1–10.9. Part XI. Brenthidae 11.1–11.33. Part XII. Tabanidae 12.1–12.58. Part XIII. Cicindelidae 13.1–13.114. Part XIV. Palpicornia 14.1–14.105. Part XV. Cecidomyidae 15.1–15.17. Part XVI. Cosmopterygidae 16.1–16.24. Part XVII Yponomeutidae 17.1–17.18. Volume 3: Part XVIII. Carabidae 18.1–18.280. Volume 4: Part XIX. Gyrinoidea 19.1–19.31. Part XX. Alucitidae (Pterophoridae) 20.1–20.48. Part XXI. Lycidae 21.1–21.40. Part XXII. Phaloniadae and Chlidanotidae 22.1-22.8. Part XXIII. Chalcidoidea 23.1–23.126. Part XXIV. Evanidae 24.1–24.12. Part XXV. Thysanoptera 25.1–25.54. Volume 5: Part XXVI. Serphoidea 26.1–26.57. Part XXVII. Isoptera order. Isoptera 27.1–27.87. Part XXVIII. Anthribidae (Coleoptera) 28.1-28.57. Part XXIX. Asilidae: Diptera 29.1–29.73.
The insects are the largest class in the animal world, out numbering of other animals. It is distributed throughout the world from the Polar Regions to the tropics and is found on land in fresh and salt water, and in salt lakes and hot springs. Insects represent over half of the planets biological diversity. Insects play a key role in our ecosystem. Their presence or absence greatly affects the ecological health of an area. India has millions of species of insects, which makes it increasingly difficult for the entomologists/zoologists to classify them correctly. (jacket)
