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Species Alydus pilosulus

Insect and Mite Pests in Food, an Illustrated Key

By J. Richard Gorham, editor
United States Department of Agriculture Handbook 655, 1991

Full text of Volume 1 available here.

Full text of Volume 2 available here.

This publication "provides the user a rapid and accurate means of identifying more than 600 species of pests encountered throughout the food industry."

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Contributed by Brad Barnd on 8 February, 2011 - 10:25pm

American Entomologists

By Arnold Mallis
Rutgers University Press, 1971

A classic biographical work for those interested in the history of entomology in the United States and Canada. Long out-of-print, but copies may be obtained on the used market.

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Contributed by Cotinis on 1 February, 2011 - 10:06pm

Diseases and pests of ornamental plants, 5th Edition

By Pirone P.P.
Wiley, 584 pp., 1978

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Contributed by v belov on 13 January, 2011 - 10:18pm

A color handbook of biological control in plant protection

By N. Helyer, K. Brown, N.D. Cattlin
Timber Press, Protland, OR. 126 pp., 2003

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Contributed by v belov on 4 January, 2011 - 3:44pm

Circumscriptional names of higher taxa in Hexapoda

By Kluge N.J.
Bionomina 1: 15–55, 2010

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Contributed by v belov on 26 December, 2010 - 10:40pm

Towards integrated commodity and pest management in grain storage

By Semple R.L., Hicks P.A., Lozare J.V., Castermans A. (eds.)
UN Food and Agricultural Organization. Rome, Italy. 526 pp., 1992

"A Training Manual for application in humid tropical storage systems."
Full text; for BG purposes, Section 5 - Intro to general taxonomy and biology/ecology of stored products insect pests is of interest.
Warning: this being a FAO document, it's no surprise that the taxonomy is obsolete and typos abound

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Contributed by v belov on 13 December, 2010 - 2:36pm

Handbook of biological control: Principles and applications of biological control

By T.S. Bellows, T.W. Fisher, L.E. Caltagirone, D.L. Dahlsten, G. Gordh and C.B. Huffaker, eds.
Academic Press. 1046 pp., 1999

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Contributed by v belov on 2 December, 2010 - 3:35pm

500 Insects: A Visual Reference

By Stephen A. Marshall
Firefly Books, 2008

A compact guide with excellent photos and brief life histories of 500 insects. Many species profiled are from the New World tropics, a few from North America, and a few from other areas, such as Australia.

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Contributed by Cotinis on 14 November, 2010 - 6:42pm

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