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Insect and Mite Pests in Food. An Illustrated Key. Volume 1 and Volume 2.

PB92113539

Publication Date	1991
Personal Author	Gorham, J. R.
Page Count	780
Abstract	The publication, presented in two volumes, is a comprehensive treatise on the occurrence and identification of food-contaminating arthropods (insects and their relatives). It provides the user a rapid and accurate means of identifying more than 600 species of pests encountered throughout the food industry. Diagnostic keys and useful illustrations of both adult and immature stages of these pests are presented. Volume 1, arranged phylogenetically, consists of part 1 and includes keys to the major anthropod pests of stored food. Volume 2, also arranged phylogenetically, consists of parts 2 and 3. It begins with a general key to arthropod classes and insects orders. Except for chapter 7 in volume 1 and chapter 25 in volume 2, all the keys in parts 1 and 2 are illustrated by drawings associated with key couplets.
Keywords	Insects Mites Taxonomy Species diversity Drawings Phylogeny Food pests
Source Agency	Agriculture Research Service Food and Drug Administration Department of HEW-General
NTIS Subject Category	57Z - Zoology 98H - Food Technology
Corporate Authors	Agricultural Research Service, Washington, DC.; Food and Drug Administration, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Also available from Supt. of Docs. Color illustrations reproduced in black and white. Prepared in cooperation with Food and Drug Administration, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Agriculture handbook.
NTIS Issue Number	199203

Insect and Mite Pests in Food. An Illustrated Key. Volume 1 and Volume 2.

Insect and Mite Pests in Food. An Illustrated Key. Volume 1 and Volume 2.
PB92113539

Publication Date	1991
Personal Author	Gorham, J. R.
Page Count	780
Abstract	The publication, presented in two volumes, is a comprehensive treatise on the occurrence and identification of food-contaminating arthropods (insects and their relatives). It provides the user a rapid and accurate means of identifying more than 600 species of pests encountered throughout the food industry. Diagnostic keys and useful illustrations of both adult and immature stages of these pests are presented. Volume 1, arranged phylogenetically, consists of part 1 and includes keys to the major anthropod pests of stored food. Volume 2, also arranged phylogenetically, consists of parts 2 and 3. It begins with a general key to arthropod classes and insects orders. Except for chapter 7 in volume 1 and chapter 25 in volume 2, all the keys in parts 1 and 2 are illustrated by drawings associated with key couplets.
Keywords	Insects Mites Taxonomy Species diversity Drawings Phylogeny Food pests
Source Agency	Agriculture Research Service Food and Drug Administration Department of HEW-General
NTIS Subject Category	57Z - Zoology 98H - Food Technology
Corporate Authors	Agricultural Research Service, Washington, DC.; Food and Drug Administration, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Also available from Supt. of Docs. Color illustrations reproduced in black and white. Prepared in cooperation with Food and Drug Administration, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Agriculture handbook.
NTIS Issue Number	199203