The Evolution of Insect Life Cycles

I Geographical Patterns in Insect Life Cycles.- 1 Life Cycle Strategies of an Intertidal Midge Between Subtropic and Arctic Latitudes.- 2 Significance of Ovipositor Length in Life Cycle Adaptations of Crickets.- 3 Geographical Variation and Ecological Control of Diapause in Flies.- 4 Geography of Density-Dependent Selection in Pitcher-Plant Mosquitoes.- 5 Geographical Patterns in the Photoperiodic Induction of Hibernal Diapause.- II Diversity of Life Cycle Patterns.- 6 Diapause Strategies in the Australian Plague Locust (Chortoicetes terminifera Walker).- 7 Life Cycle Strategies and Plant Succession.- 8 Polymorphism in the Larval Hibernation Strategy of the Burnet Moth, Zygaena trifolii.- 9 r-K Selection at Various Taxonomic Levels in the Pierine Butterflies of North and South America.- 10 Adaptive Significance of Genetic Variability of Photoperiodism in Mecoptera and Lepidoptera.- 11 Mosquito Maternity: Egg Brooding in the Life Cycle of Trichoprosopon digitatum.- III Mechanisms of Insect Life Cycle Evolution.- 12 The Evolution of Insect Life Cycle Syndromes.- 13 Evolution of Wing Polymorphism and Its Impact on Life Cycle Adaptation in Insects.- 14 Prolonged Development in Cicadas.- 15 Toward a Theory for the Evolution of the Timing of Hibernal Diapause.- IV Concluding Remarks.- 16 Pervasive Themes in Insect Life Cycle Strategies.