Encyclopedia of South American Aquatic Insects: Hemiptera-Heteroptera. Illustrated Keys to Known Families, Genera, and Species in South America. 2011. 820 illus. X, 670 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.

The book encompasses the three well-defined subordersof the true bugs which are adapted to an aquatic or littoral habitat. The book begins with a section on the biology these insects and provides illustrations of the basic features of their morphology and outlines the larval development. Brief outlines of the ecological and zoogeographical peculiarities of the three aquatic suborders are presented individually, and various methods for observing, collecting, preserving, rearing, and examining specimens are discussed. Most of the book is devoted to keys for the identification of adults to species, and notes are provided that will help recognize the known larvae. Unlike most other aquatic insects, the larval instars of the heteropteran species closely resemble the adults in their morphology, preferred habitats, and feeding habits.