Illustrated Guide to the World's Adult Haliplidae - (World Catalogue of Insects) by Bernhard Van Vondel (Hardcover)

About the Book

This book is the first illustrated guide covering all the species of Haliplidae (Insecta; Coleoptera) of the world. It gives essential information on each species, elucidated with line drawings, photograph's and distribution maps.

Book Synopsis

With 233 species worldwide Haliplidae are just a small family of water beetles. Although many papers has been published about these beetles, an illustrated guide covering all the world's species has never been issued, but now it is here! General information and specific details are presented for each species, elucidated with line drawings, colour photographs and distribution maps for each species. For professionals as well as non-professionals which may encounter Haliplidae from any where in the world in their research, expeditions, in museum collections etc. this book offers a valuable entrance to this subject and a ideal way for identification to species-level.

About the Author

Bernhard J. van Vondel Ing (1964) is Honorary researcher at Natural History Museum Rotterdam (The Netherlands). He has published many articles, revisions, monographs and catalogues on insects, especially adult as well as immature Haliplidae (Coleoptera), including Revision of the Nearctic Haliplidae (2021) and Immature stages of Haliplidae. Review of the current knowledge, additions and corrections (2023).