Introductory Entomology text?

[Patrick Foley]

Dear Lepsters,

It appears that I will be teaching an introductory entomology course in
the fall. I was raised on what was known as Boring, Toolong and
Triplethick, and this appears to remain the best choice for a
systematics-oriented introduction. But it is now 13 years old, and it
never had much ecology, evolution or applications. My entomological
interests are exactly ecology, evolution and applications (pollination,
medical entomology, epidemiology, biological control), so I wish there
were a book more suited to me and to students who might actually want to

read, rather than consult. The closest thing I have recently come across

is P. J. Gullan, P. S. Cranston 2000 Insects: an Outline of Entomology.
But perhaps this is too thin on systematics.

I certainly will use Borror and White's little book and probably
Powell's Insects of California as supplements.

But I am not yet happy about a main text. Does anyone have ideas about
this? A better book?

Patrick Foley
patfoley at csus.edu


 
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