The characteristics of all main groups of soil-bound insects are given in this book.

This book provides practical ecological, ethological, evolutionary, and biogeographic data for gall-inducing cecidomyiids, their galls and host plants, based on field surveys, laboratory experiments and genetic analysis.

Available historic types were examined, and taxa are revised. Leefmansiella Kolesik & Gagné gen. nov. is erected for Trishormomyia pandani Felt.

The characteristics of all main groups of soil-bound insects are given in this book.

The characteristics of all main groups of soil-bound insects are given in this book.

He also discusses classification and distribution, external anatomy and biology, and techniques for collecting, rearing, and preparing specimens for study. The heart of the book comprises two chapters.