By Robert T. Allen Transactions of the American Entomological Society, Vol. 128, No. 4, pp. 403-466, 2002
Robert T. Allen, A synopsis of the Diplura of North America: Keys to higher taxa, systematics, distributions and descriptions of new taxa (Arthropoda: Insecta), Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 128(4): 403-466, 2002.
By W.R. Elliott, J.R. Reddell, D.C. Rudolph, G.O. Graening, T.S. Briggs, D. Ubick, R.L. Aalbu, J. Krejca, S.J. Taylor Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 4) Volume 64, Supplement 1, 2017
Abstract:
Hidden biodiversity is revealed in this study of California's subterranean fauna, which contains distinctive elements that differentiate it from other North American regions. Since 1975, the rate of discovery of new species has accelerated with funded projects in most of the important cave areas of the state, including our own studies. Here we compile all available biological records for subterranean sites in California dating back to 1840.
California's karst is primarily comprised of small outcrops of marble or limestone with thousands of caves. Additionally, lava and ash flows, tens of thousands of mines, hundreds of sea caves on the mainland coast and islands, and extensive groundwater systems provide habitat for subterranean life.
This is a thoroughly revised & updated version of the classic "California Insects" by Jerry A. Powell & Charles L. Hogue, originally published by UC Press in 1979.
Beyond updated names, additional taxa, and new information...a highlight of the book is the more than 700 illustrative photos...the vast majority exquisitely taken by BugGuide editor Joyce Gross (who besides curating the photos and overseeing their layout, contributed in many other ways large & small).
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 5 March, 2015 - 3:58pm
Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution
By Bernhard Misof et al. Science Vol. 346, 763, 2014
Bernhard Misof et al., Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution, Science346, 763 (2014).
Re placement, Footnote 1 states, "The term 'insects' is used here in a broad sense and synonymous to Hexapoda (including the ancestrally wingless Protura, Collembola, and Diplura)".
Contributed by Edward L. Ruden on 7 November, 2014 - 10:23pm
Common Bees of Western North America
By Olivia Messinger Carril and Joseph S. Wilson Princeton University Press, 2023
From back: "A portable full-color photographic guide to the most commonly seen bees in the western United States and Canada." I find the guide amply illustrated and fairly easy to use. It includes a quick reference guide in the front, with specimen pictures to help the reader narrow down which bee family or genus they may have observed.
