For all those who have ventured – or about to venture – into the tropics of the Americas, Cornell University Press has recently published a new book that should go far in fostering an understanding of the seemingly bewildering assortment of arthropods possible to encounter there: Insects and Other Arthropods of Tropical America by Paul E. Hanson and Kenji Nishida.
Part of the remarkable Zona Tropical Publications series that also includes such cornerstone works on their subjects as The Birds of Panama; A Field Guide and The Wildlife of Costa Rica; A Field Guide, this new work is not a field guide but an overview of taxonomic families found in the region and interlaced with highly relevant as well as highly interesting essays on tropical natural history.
