Beetles Identification Guide

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I am indebted to L.B. Smith, D.E. Bright, and S.R. Loschiavo for revising the
manuscript and to the following colleagues for their comments on sections of
the manuscript: F.G. Andrews (Lathridiidae section); R.S. Beal, Jr. (Dermestidae
section); D.S. Chandler (Anthicidae section); W.A. Connell (Nitidulidae section);
M.A. Ivie (Ptinidae section); A. Larochelle (Glossary); and C.A. Triplehorn
(Tenebrionidae section). I wish to thank L.B. Smith for his encouragement and
for his willingness to share his observations and experience. I also thank S.R.
Loschiavo and R.N. Sinha for discussing various aspects relevant to this project
and R. Hutchinson for reviewing the manuscript.
In a guide like this one, the figures are as important as the text. I therefore
wish to acknowledge the contribution of R. Idema, who has done most of the
habitus drawings and some of the other line drawings; G. Sato, who also provided
some of the line drawings; and S. Rigby, for some of the habitus drawings. R. St.
John provided valuable assistance in the photomechanical work necessary for
the layout of the plates.
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