Insects of Hawaii

This work establishes the means to identify the nearly 130 species of Hawaiian carabid beetles of the tribe Platynini, which constitutes a monophyletic radiation. The native Hawaiian platynines represent almost half of the carabid fauna, and this volume is the first of three intended books that will taxonomically treat all of the native and introduced carabid species found in the Hawaiian Islands. In addition to presenting identification keys, diagnostic characters, habitus photos, and distribution maps for Hawaiian Platynini, an introductory section details the history of carabid beetle study in Hawaii and provides a key to the tribes of native and introduced Hawaiian Carabidae. 287 illus. About The Authors : James K. Liebherr is professor of entomology at Cornell University and curator of the Cornell University Insect Collection, one of the largest university insect collections in the world. Elwood C. Zimmerman is curator emeritus at the Australian National Insect Collection, C.S.I.R.O. In recognition of his lifelong scientific contributions to Pacific science, E. C. Zimmerman (“Zimmie”) was awarded a D.Sc. degree from London University in 1980. In 1983 he was awarded the Karl Jordan Medal for his work on the Hawaiian Lepidoptera. In 1995 he received both a special CSIRO medal and the Herbert E. Gregory Medal at the Beijing meeting of the Pacific Science Congress. In 1998 Zimmie was awarded both the Order of Australia from the Australian Government and the Regents’ Medal of Distinction from the University of Hawaii.