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Insect Anatomy. Structure and Function

  • Book

  • August 2025
  • Elsevier Science and Technology
  • ID: 5548542
Insect Anatomy: Structure and Function provides both morphological and anatomical descriptions of insect tissues and organs and the underlying genetic mechanisms of their function using updated methods. Insects play important roles in diverse ecosystems, with subsequent, tremendous impacts on human society through disease, agriculture effects, and more. Both beneficial and detrimental insect species continuously challenge agriculture and medicine. Written by international experts of insect morphology and anatomy, this book offers concise descriptions of all parts of an insect’s anatomy, including the brain and nervous system, tracheal system, blood, reproductive organs, and kidney system.

Table of Contents

1. Hemolymph
2. Fat body & oenocytes
3. Salivary glands
4. Intestinal tract
5. Insect legs
6. Wings
7. Mouthparts
8. Insect antennal sensilla
9. Malpighian tubules
10. The insect cuticle
11. Organ communication in insects during growth and development

Authors

Bernard Moussian Professor, University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis, Nice, France. Bernard Moussian is a Professor at the University C�te d'Azur and PrincipaI Investigator at the Institute Sophia Agrobiotech in Sophia Antipolis, France. He received his Ph.D. in Genetics from the Eberhard-Karls University of T�bingen in T�bingen, Germany. His research expertise includes insect genetics, taxonomy, patterning, embryogenesis, and Drosophila in particular. He has published and contributed to over 100 scholarly articles within entomological studies.