by Martin Lillig (Author), Tomáš Pavlíček (Author)
An expanded and updated edition of the out-of-print 2003 supplementum of Zoology in the Middle East, this concise guide to Darkling Beetles of the Sinai Peninsula
has been sought after by researchers in taxonomy, faunistics and
biogeography. The new book includes two additional subfamilies of
tenebrionid beetles (4-5 species), identification keys and more than 90
colour photographs and species distribution maps.
Zoogeographically
speaking, the Sinai Peninsula is a crossroad and, at the same time, a
center of speciation. Despite its generally arid character, the region
harbours a wide range of habitats, from sea level to over 2,500 m above.
About 10 percent of the Sinai darkling beetles are endemic to the area.
The inclusion of species photographs and identification keys makes this
book an invaluable reference field guide, for both specialists and
non-specialists, who will thus be able to discover the taxonomic and
phylogenetic diversity of darkling beetles in the Sinai Peninsula.
