hardcover 275 pages (includes index)
color drawings of species
Publisher: Harvard
Copyright Date: 1981
ISBN: 0-674-62660-5
hardcover 366 pages (includes index)
color drawings of species
Publisher: Harvard
Copyright Date: 1984
ISBN: 0-674-62661-3
These books are excellent although pricey. Each species is accompanied by distribution notes and a dot map of the distribution. Recognition notes and primary references are given. Line drawings are present, if necessary, to supplement the color profile drawings in the plates.
The main weakness of this material is that it is not complete. The third volume containing the Melanoplinae - the spur-throated grasshoppers has not been issued. Since this is a large family with many species present in the Park its existence would really enhance the value of this series.
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