Novel aspects of the biology of Chrysomelidae

1. Palaeontology of leaf beetles.- 2. Eggs and oviposition in chrysomelid beetles.- 3. Egg bursters in the Chrysomelidae, with a review of their occurrence in the Chrysomeloidea (Coleoptera).- 4. Origins of parental care in chrysomelid beetles.- 5. Larvae of Palaearctic Timarcha Latreille.- 6. Hypothesis on oligophagy: how far the case of the Colorado potato beetle supports them.- 7. The chemosensory basis of host-plant recognition in Chrysomelidae.- 8. Chemical ecology of Diabroticites.- 9. Entomophagy in Chrysomelidae: adult Aristobrotica angulicollis (Erichson) feeding on adult meloids (Coleoptera).- 10. Pollen consumption and digestion by leaf beetles.- 11. Host plants and seasonal abundance patterns of some Brazilian Chrysomelidae.- 12. Review of the biology and host plants of Australian Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) associated with Acacia (Mimosaceae).- 13. Host-plants of Neotropical Cassidinae.- 14. Genome size, chromosomes and egg-chorion ultrastructure in the evolution of Chrysomelinae.- 15. Cytogenetics of Cassidinae: Evolution of sex chromosome systems.- 16. Genetics of the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say).- 17. Molecular techniques for studying systematics and phylogeny of Chrysomelidae.- 18. Genetic and phylogenetic aspects of host plant affiliation in Ophraella (Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae).- 19. Sympatric speciation in Galerucella.- 20. Egg deposition and protection of eggs in Chrysomelidae.- 21. Antipredator devices in larvae of the Chrysomelidae: a unified synthesis for defensive eclecticism.- 22. Chemical defence of adult leaf beetles updated.- 23. Cycloalexy among chrysomelid larvae.- 24. Waste products as chrysomelid defenses.- 25. Stridulation in leaf beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae).- 26. Chrysomelid behavioral counterploys tosecretive canals in plants.- 27. Physiological colour changes in tortoise beetles.- 28. Comparative morphology of the hindwing venation of the Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera).- 29. ‘Retournement’ of the aedeagus in Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera).- 30. The female organs of symbiont transmission in the Eumolpinae.- 31. Unusually large sperm cells in Alticinae: their formation and transportation in the male genital system, and their evolution.- 32. Comparative morphology and some evolutionary trends in flea beetles (Alticinae).- 33. Internal bacteria in the Chrysomelidae.- 34. Phoretic and ectoparasitic mites (Acari) of the Chrysomelidae.- 35. The Hymenoptera and Diptera parasitoids of Chrysomelidae.- 36. Diapause in Chrysomelidae.- 37. Chrysomelidae in the Arctic.- 38. Seasonal changes in leaf beetle fauna of a warm temperate lowland in Japan.- 39. Biological studies on Temnaspis nankinea (Pic) (Chrysomelidae: Megalopodinae).- 40. Food selection and life-cycle of the Old World Timarcha Latreille, 1829 (Col. Chrysomelinae).- 41. The biology of the imported willow leaf beetle Plagiodera versicolora (Laicharting).- 42. Biology of Entomoscelis Chevrolat.- 43. The biology of the paropsine eucalyptus beetles of Australia.- 44. Biology and ecology of Mecistomela marginata (Thunberg, 1821) (Hispinae: Alurnini) in Brazil.- 45. Life table parameters of Indonesian tortoise beetles under laboratory conditions.- Authors index.- Taxonomic index.