AMCS Reprint Series 9Fauna of the Caves of YucatanA. S. Pearse
Originally Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 491, 1938
8.5 by 11 inches, 304 pages plus plates, softbound |
During the summer of 1936, the editor made biological collections at 27 caves throughout the state of Yucatan. Many authors report the results in chapters that contain, in all, over 300 text figures and 8 photographic plates.
Table of Contents
1Introduction, A. S. Pearse 19Fungal Flora of Yucatan Caves, Frederick A. Wolf 23Land Planarians from Yucatan, Libbie H. Hyman 33Parasitic Flatworms from Yucatan, Horace W. Stunkard 51Some Nematodes from the Caves of Yucatan, B. G. Chitwood 67Leeches (Hirudinea) from Yucatan Caves, J. Percy Moore 71Earthworms in Yucatan Caves, Grace E. Pickford 101Arachnida of the Orders Pedipalpida, Scorpionida, and Ricinulida, Ralph V. Chamberlin and Wilton Ivie 109A New Genus and Three New Species of False Scorpions from Yucatan Caves (Arachnida-Chelonethida), Joseph C. Chamberlin 123Araneida from Yucatan, Ralph V. Chamberlin and Wilton Ivie 137Acarina of Yucatan Caves, G. W. Wharton 153Copedoda from Yucatan Caves, A. S. Pearse and C. B. Wilson 155A New Species of Cypridopsis from Yucatan, Norma C. Furtos 159Large Cave Crustacea of the Yucatan Peninsula, Edwin P. Creaser 165Diplopoda from Yucatan, Ralph V. Chamberlin 183Collembola from Yucatan Caves, Harlow B. Mills 191New Cave-Crickets from Yucatan, with a Review of the Pentacentrinae, and Studies of the Genus Amphiacusta (Orthoptera, Gryllidae), Theodore H. Hubbell 235A News Myrmeleonid from Yucatan, Nathan Banks 237Insects from Yucatan Caves, A. S. Pearse with C. F. W. Muesebeck, et al. 251Ants from the Caves of Yucatan, William Morton Wheeler 257A Third Contribution to the Molluscan Fauna of Yucatan, J. Bequaert and W. J. Clench 261Fishes from the Caves of Yucatan, Carl L. Hubbs 297Some Reptilian Records from the Caves of Yucatan, Helen T. Gaige 299Birds in Yucatan Caves, A. S. Pearse 301Mammalia from Yucatan Caves, A. S. Pearse with Remington Kellogg