Ecology, Systematics, and the Natural History of Predaceous Diving Beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)

<p>Title: Ecology, Systematics, and Natural History of Predaceous Diving Beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)<br><br>Title Page<br>Table of Contents<br>Dedication<br>Foreword<br>Preface</p><p>1. An introduction to the Dytiscidae: their diversity, historical importance, cultural significance, and other musings<br>1.1 Dytiscids past and present<br>1.2 Nature red in tooth and claw and mandible<br>1.3 Cultural notes<br>1.4 Final words<br>2. Bridging ecology and systematics: 25 years of study of larval morphology of world Dytiscidae<br>2.1. Introduction<br>2.2 General Morphology of Dytiscidae Larvae<br>2.3. Chaetotaxy Analysis: Methodological Approach<br>2.4. Ground Plan Pattern of Primary Setae and Pores of the Dytiscidae<br>2.5 Larval Chaetotaxy and Ontogeny<br>2.6 Bridging Ecology and Systematics<br>2.7 Summary and future directions<br>3. The phylogeny and classification of predaceous diving beetles <br>3.1 Introduction <br>3.2  Material and Methods<br>3.3 Results<br>3.4 Discussion<br>3.5 Diving beetle phylogeny and classification<br>3.6 Family-group classification of Dytiscidae Leach, 1815<br>3.7 Future directions<br>4. Morphology, anatomy, and physiological aspects of dytiscids<br>4.1 External morphology<br>4.2 Internal anatomy and physiology<br>4.3 Future directions5. Predaceous diving beetle sexual systems<br>5. Predaceous diving beetle sexual systems<br>5.1 Introduction<br>5.2 Sexual variation<br>5.3 Dytiscid sexual systems<br>5.4 Summary<br>5.5 Future directions<br>6. Chemical ecology and biochemistry of Dytiscidae<br>6.1. Chemical ecology of freshwater organisms<br>6.2. Chemical senses <br>6.3. Intraspecific interactions: Sex-Pheromones<br>6.4. Interspecific interactions<br>6.5. Dermal glands, epicuticular lipids, and body coloration by pigments <br>6.6. Microorganisms and dytiscids <br>6.7. Future directions7. Habitats<br>7.1 Defining habitats<br>7.2 Classifying habitats <br>7.3 Abiotic habitat conditions<br>7.4 Biotic interactions <br>7.5 Plant-dytiscid relationships<br>7.6 Habitat specificity <br>7.7 Future Directions<br>8. Predator-prey interactions of dytiscids<br>8.1 Introduction<br>8.2 What do dytiscids eat?<br>8.3 Selective predation and effects on community attributes<br>8.4 Cannibalism and Intraguild Predation<br>8.5 Non-consumptive effects of dytiscid predation<br>8.6 Dytiscids as predators of vector and nuisance species<br>8.7 Environmental constraints on predation<br>8.8 Dytiscids as prey<br>8.9 Future Directions<br>9. Dispersal in Dytiscidae<br>9.1 Introduction<br>9.2 The evolution, maintenance, and consequences of dispersal<br>9.3 Consequences of dispersal<br>9.4 On flight and wings and flightlessness<br>9.5 Proximate drivers of dispersal and how to find water<br>9.6 The macroecology of movement in predaceous diving beetles<br>9.7. Future directions – where do we (and the beetles) go from here?<br>10. Community patterns in dytiscids<br>10.1 An introduction to natural communities<br>10.2 Random vs. non-random distributions<br>10.3 Ecological similarity<br>10.4 Dispersal<br>10.5 Phylogenetic community composition<br>10.6 Summary and Future Directions<br>11. The conservation of predaceous diving beetles:  knowns, unknowns and anecdote<br>11.1 Introduction<br>11.2 Dytiscidae as a group worthy of conservation<br>11.3 The causes of loss <br>11.4 Drainage <br>11.5 Pollution <br>11.6 Encroachment<br>11.7 Climate change<br>11.8 Globalization, and the fourth horsemen of the apocalypse<br>11.9 Types of conservation<br>11.1 0 European Conventions – including a case-study in conservation legislation and <br>its consequences</p><p>11.11 Popularity, biodiversity and ecosystem services<br>11.12 Global Lists<br />11.13 Dumbing-down<br>11.14 The way ahead – “passive conservation” and the possible pitfalls of connectivity<br>1.15 Future directions<br>Index</p>