Abstract
THESE two bulky volumes constitute the first of a series of monographs dealing with the fauna of Germany, the subjects selected forming a series of “types” of the animal kingdom for study in the university courses. Probably no better subject for the study of insect structure and metamorphosis than the “Gelbrand” could have been selected. Not only is the Great Water-Beetle hardy and easily kept in captivity, with a comparatively rapid metamorphosis, but it illustrates remarkably well the specialisation of a primitive type in response to the special circumstances of its environment.
Bearbeitung einheimischer Tiere.
Herausgegeben von Prof. Dr. E. Korschelt. Erste Monographie: Der Gelbrand Dytiscus marginalis L. Erster Band. Pp. v + 863. Zweiter Band. Pp. vii + 964. (Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, 1923–24.) n.p.
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Bearbeitung einheimischer Tiere . Nature 115, 491 (1925). https://doi.org/10.1038/115491b0
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