The only book in North America, treating 400+ species with original, superb illustrations (over 400 plates, one per species) and identification keysProvides new, most often previously unknown data on the habitat for every species, and keys to identification of higher taxa and species level taxaContains additional color plates for the introductory chapters on historical review, material and methods (e.g. microdissections, collection methods), faunal composition, discussion and synoptic table of eastern Canadian AleocharinaeAn invaluable source for entomologists, taxonomists and ecologists across Canada and the USA, students, institutions of nature conservation, and scientists across the worldweiterlesen