David Grimaldi and Michael S. Engel
（2005年6月刊行，Cambridge University Press, ISBN:0521821495）
近年，論文集ではない単著で，これだけ包括的な教科書はないと思います．おびただしい数のカラー図版が載っていますので，随所で“眼福”もあり．「xvi+755 pp. / 240×300 mm / 2.92 kg」という巨体は，投げればきっと殺傷力が大きいでしょう（投げるなって）．
【目次】Section 1. Diversity and Evolution
Introduction
Species: their nature and number
How many species of insects?
Reconstructing evolutionary historySection 2. Fossil Insects
Insect fossilization; Dating and ages
Major fossil Insect depositsSection 3. Arthropods and the Origin of Insects
Onychophora: the velvet-worms
Tardigrada: the water-bears
Arthropoda: the jointed animals
Hexapoda: the six-legged arthropodsSection 4. The insects
Morphology of insects
Relationships among the insect ordersSection 5. Earliest insects
Archaeognatha: the bristletails
Zygentoma: the silverfish
RhyniognathaSection 6. Insects Take to the Skies
Pterygota, Wings, and flight
Ephemeroptera: the mayflies
Palaeodictyopterida: extinct beaked insects
Odonatoptera: dragonflies and early relatives
NeopteraSection 7. The Polyneopterous Orders
Plecopterida
Orthopterida
Plecoptera: the stoneflies
Embiodea: the webspinners
Zoraptera: the Zorapterans
Orthoptera: the grasshoppers, crickets, and kin
Phasmatodea: the stick- and leaf insects
Titanoptera: the titanic crawlers
Caloneurodea: the Caloneurodeans
Dermaptera: the earwigs
Grylloblattodea: the ice crawlers
Mantophasmatodea: the African rock crawlers
Dictyoptera; Blattodea: the roaches
Citizen roach: the termites
Mantodea: the mantisesSection 8. The Paraneopteran Orders
Psocoptera: the "bark" lice
Phthiraptera: the true lice
Fringe wings: Thysanoptera (thrips)
The sucking bugs: HemipteraSection 9. The Holometabola
Problematic fossil orders
The origins of complete metamorphosis
On wings of lace: NeuropteridaSection 10. Coleoptera
Early fossils and overview of past diversity
Archostemata
Adephaga
Myxophaga
Polyphaga
Strepsiptera: the enigmatic orderSection 11. Hymenoptera
Ants, Bees, and Other Wasps: The Euhymenoptera and parasitism
Aculeata; Evolution of insect socialitySection 12. Antliophora
Scorpionflies, Flies, and Fleas
Mecopterida: mecopterans and relatives
Siphonaptera: the fleas
Evolution of ectoparasites and blood-feeders
Diptera: the true fliesSection 13. Amphiesmenoptera
The Caddisflies and Lepidoptera
Trichoptera: the caddisflies
Lepidoptera: the moths and butterfliesSection 14. Insects Become Modern
Cretaceous and Tertiary Periods
The Cretaceous
Flowering of the world: the Angiosperm Radiations
Plant sex and insects: insect pollination
Radiations of Phytophagous insects
Austral arthropods: remnants of Gondwana?
Insects, mass extinctions, and the K/T boundary
The tertiary
Mammalian radiations
Pleistocene dispersal and species lifespans
Island faunasSection 15. Epilogue
Why so many insect species?
The futureGlossary
References
Index
