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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank the staff at Bright Press for their

guidance and sustained support throughout the project. Editors

and anonymous reviewers improved the overall quality of the

book. We thank our respective institutions; without their support

the production of this book would not have been possible.

The following colleagues are thanked for assisting with the

identification of beetles in photographs and for helpful comments

on the text: A. Ballerio, A. Brunke, H. Douglas, M. Geiser,

S. Nikolaeva, and D. Telnov. Digital enhancement of older

illustrations was provided by A. Davies. Information regarding

beetles in popular culture was provided by J. Lewis. A number

of beetle photographs were acquired with the assistance of

A. Bennett, J. Girón, V. Grebennikov, J. Hulcr, I. Miko, P. Nagel,

and J. Parker. We thank L. Packer and A. Evans for their insight

regarding the production of insect-focused books. We express

gratitude toward all the photographers who contributed images

for this book. Finally, we would like to thank our families for their

persistent encouragement.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS