Table of Contents

Detailed contents, ix

Contributors, xvii

Preface, xviii

Introduction, xix

Taxonomic glossary, xx

1. PHYLOGENY AND CLASSIFICATION, 1
Oldrich Nedve¡d and Ivo Kovár¡

2. GENETIC STUDIES, 13
John J. Sloggett and Alois Hone¡k

3. LIFE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT, 54
Oldrich Nedve¡d and Alois Hone¡k

4. DISTRIBUTION AND HABITATS, 110
Alois Hone¡k

5. FOOD RELATIONSHIPS, 141
Ivo Hodek and Edward W. Evans

6. DIAPAUSE/DORMANCY, 275
Ivo Hodek

7. INTRAGUILD INTERACTIONS, 343
Éric Lucas

8. NATURAL ENEMIES OF LADYBIRD BEETLES, 375
Piotr Ceryngier, Helen E. Roy and Remy L. Poland

9. COCCINELLIDS AND SEMIOCHEMICALS, 444
Jan Pettersson

10. QUANTIFYING THE IMPACT OF COCCINELLIDS ON THEIR PREY, 465
J. P. Michaud and James D. Harwood

11. COCCINELLIDS IN BIOLOGICAL CONTROL, 488
J. P. Michaud

12. RECENT PROGRESS AND POSSIBLE FUTURE TRENDS IN THE STUDY OF COCCINELLIDAE, 520
Helmut F. van Emden and Ivo Hodek

Appendix: List of Genera in Tribes and Subfamilies, 526
Oldrich Nedve¡d and Ivo Kovár¡

Subject index, 532

Colour plate pages fall between pp. 250 and pp. 251

About the Author

Ivo Hodek has worked on Coccinellidae for over 50 years withmost of his career spent at the Institute of Entomology, BiologyCentre, Czech Academy of Sciences. Here he was Head of theEcophysiology Laboratory (1990-1998), and now holds an EmeritusScientist position there. He has also researched and taught in TheNetherlands, France and Japan. He was awarded the J.E. PurkinjeMedal of the Czech Academy of Sciences in 2000. In 1965, he foundedthe "Ecology of Aphidophaga" series of symposia, and since 1985 hasbeen the Editor of the European Journal of Entomology. Alois Honek has taught insect ecology since 1972, andsince 1972 has been Senior Research Scientist, Crop ResearchInstitute,Prague-Ruzyne, specializing in invertebrate and plantecology with many research studies on Coccinellidae. He has alsohad periods of research in Russia and France. After a period of research at Imperial College, London,Helmut van Emden was appointed to the Department ofHorticulture at Reading University where he was appointed Professorin 1976 and Head of the Department from 1986-1999. He is currentlyEmeritus Professor in the School of Biological Sciences. Hisresearch has focused on aphids, particularly host plant resistanceand biological control. He has conducted several research projectsin the tropics and has held visiting appointments at theUniversities of California and Queensland. He received the KarlEscherisch Medal of the German General and Applied EntomologicalSociety in 1993.

Reviews

The style in which this book is written encourages aresponse, and invites readers to draw their own conclusions. Theinclusion of the final chapter (Chapter 12, Recent progress andpossible future trends in the study of Coccinellidae) isparticularly welcome. Coccinellid research is a dynamic fieldand the authors are emphatic in their hope that the informationpresented in this text will provide inspiration for furtherresearch into the specific biology and ecology of these beetles.For me, reading this book has stimulated a great deal ofthought. (Austral Ecology, 1 October 2013) This is a very well illustrated and authoritativeaccount, with an excellent set of authors and a very full range oftopics ... Overall this is a rich mine of information and full ofimportant and fascinating detail and it has much to beadmired. (British Ecological Society Bulletin,1 August 2013) In summary, this is a comprehensive, well-written, verythoroughly referenced and clearly laid out book ... The authorsand three editors are congratulated for producing what will nodoubt be the seminal work on the Coccinellidae for years tocome. (Journal of Insect Conservation, 15August 2012)