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About the books
Publishers:
AGPS Canberra (pre-1994)
Australian Biological Resources Study/ CSIRO Publishing (1994–2006)
ISBN-10 for series: 0 644 02840 8 (for titles published by AGPS)
ISBN-13 for series: 978 0 644 02840 0 (for titles published by AGPS)
ISBN-10 for series: 0 643 05677 7 (for titles co-published by ABRS and CSIRO Publishing)
ISBN-13 for series: 978 0 643 05677 0 (for titles co-published by ABRS and CSIRO Publishing)
Size: 250 × 176 mm (B5)
Binding: Hardcover, section stitched
Volume 1
AMPHIBIA, REPTILIA
OUT OF PRINT
Publisher: AGPS
Year: 1983
Authors: H.G.Cogger, E.E.Cameron & H.M.Cogger
ISBN-10: 0 644 02839 4
ISBN-13: 978 0 644 02839 4
Number of pages: vi + 313 pages, appendices, index
Volume 2
HYMENOPTERA : Formicidae, Vespoidea and Sphecoidea
OUT OF PRINT
Publisher: AGPS
Year: 1985
Authors: R.W.Taylor, D.R.Brown & J.C.Cardale
ISBN-10: 0 644 03922 1
ISBN-13: 978 0 644 03922 2
Number of pages: vi + 381 pages, appendices, index
Volume 3
ARACHNIDA : Mygalomorphae, Araneomorphae in part, Pseudoscorpionida, Amblypygi
OUT OF PRINT
Publisher: AGPS
Year: 1985
Authors: M.S.Harvey, B.Y.Main, V.T.Davies & R.J.McKay
ISBN-10: 0 644 03988 4
ISBN-13: 978 0 644 03988 8
Number of pages: x + 183 pages, appendices, index
Volume 4
COLEOPTERA: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga
OUT OF PRINT
Publisher: AGPS
Year: 1987
Authors: J.F.Lawrence, B.P.Moore, J.E.Pyke & T.A.Weir
ISBN-10: 0 644 04896 4
ISBN-13: 978 0 644 04896 5
Number of pages: viii + 444 pages, appendices, index
Volume 5
MAMMALIA
OUT OF PRINT
Publisher: AGPS
Year: 1988
Authors: J.L.Bannister, J.H.Calaby, L.J.Dawson, J.K.Ling, J.A.Mahoney, G.M.McKay, B.J.Richardson, W.D.L.Ride & D.W.Walton
ISBN-10: 0 644 05009 8
ISBN-13: 978 0 644 05009 8
Number of pages: x + 274 pages, appendices, index
Volume 6
EPHEMEROPTERA, MEGALOPTERA, ODONATA, PLECOPTERA, TRICHOPTERA
OUT OF PRINT
Publisher: AGPS
Year: 1988
Authors: I.Campbell, G.Theischinger, W.W.K.Housten, J.A.L.Watson, F.B.Michaelis, C.M.Yule & A.Neboiss
ISBN-10: 0 644 08259 3
ISBN-13: 978 0 644 08259 4
Number of pages: xi + 316 pages, appendices, index
Volume 7
PISCES: Pteromyzontidae to Carangidae
OUT OF PRINT
Publisher: AGPS
Year: 1989
Authors: J.R.Paxton, D.F.Hoese, G.R.Allen & J.E.Hanley
ISBN-10: 0 644 09430 3
ISBN-13: 978 0 644 09430 6
Number of pages: xii + 665 pages, appendices, index
Volume 8
NON-MARINE MOLLUSCA
OUT OF PRINT
Publisher: AGPS
Year: 1992
Author: B.J.Smith
ISBN-10: 0 644 14598 6
ISBN-13: 978 0 644 14598 5
Number of pages: xi + 399 pages, appendices, index
UPDATED 2001 online, see Australian Faunal Directory
Volume 9
COLEOPTERA: Scarabaeoidea
OUT OF PRINT
Publisher: AGPS
Year: 1992
Authors: G.Cassis, W.W.K.Houston, T.A.Weir & B.P.Moore
ISBN-10: 0 644 14596 X
ISBN-13: 978 0 644 14596 1
Number of pages: xi + 544 pages, appendices, index
Volume 10
HYMENOPTERA: Apoidea
OUT OF PRINT
Publisher: AGPS
Year: 1993
Author: J.C.Cardale
ISBN-10: 0 644 29080 3
ISBN-13: 978 0 644 29080 7
Number of pages: ix + 406 pages, appendices, index
Volume 12
PORIFERA
OUT OF PRINT
Publisher: ABRS/CSIRO Publishing
Year: 1994
Authors: J.N.A.Hooper & F.Wiedenmeyer
ISBN-10: 0 643 05686 6
ISBN-13: 978 0 643 05686 2
Number of pages: xiii + 624 pages, appendices, index
Volume 17.2
MOLLUSCA: Aplacophora, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda, Cephalopoda
OUT OF PRINT
Publisher: ABRS/CSIRO Publishing
Year: 2001
Authors: A.M Scheltema, K.Gowlett-Holmes, K.L.Lamprell, J.M.Healy & C.C.Lu
ISBN-10: 0 643 06707 8
ISBN-13: 978 0 643 06707 3
Number of pages: xii + 353 pages, appendices, index
Volume 19.2A
CRUSTACEA: Malacostraca: Syncarida, Peracarida: Isopoda, Tanaidacea, Mictacea, Thermosbaenacea, Spelaeogriphacca
OUT OF PRINT
Publisher: ABRS/CSIRO Publishing
Year: 2002
Author: G.C.B.Poore
ISBN-10: 0 643 06901 1
ISBN-13: 978 0 643 06901 5
Number of pages: xii + 433 pages, appendices, index
Volume 19.2B
CRUSTACEA: Malacostraca: Peracarida: Amphipoda, Cumacea, Mysida
OUT OF PRINT
Publisher: ABRS/CSIRO Publishing ??
Year: 2003
Authors: J.K.Lowry & H.E.Stoddart
ISBN-10: 0 643 06902 X
ISBN-13: 978 0 643 06902 2
Number of pages: xii + 531 pages, appendices, index
Volume Volume 19.3A
CRUSTACEA: Malacostraca: Phyllocarida, Hoplocarida, Eucarida (part 1)
OUT OF PRINT
Publisher: ABRS/CSIRO Publishing
Year: 2002
Author: P.J.F.Davie
ISBN-10: 0 643 06791 4
ISBN-13: 978 0 643 06791 2
Number of pages: xii + 551 pages, appendices, index
Volume 19.3B
CRUSTACEA: Malacostraca: Eucarida (part 2): Decapoda — Anomura, Brachyura
OUT OF PRINT
Publisher: ABRS/CSIRO Publishing
Year: 2002
Author: P.J.F.Davie
ISBN-10: 0 643 06792 2
ISBN-13: 978 0 643 06792 9
Number of pages: xiv + 641 pages, appendices, index
Volume 22
PROTURA, COLLEMBOLA, DIPLURA
OUT OF PRINT
Publisher: ABRS/CSIRO Publishing
Year: 1994
Authors: W.W.K.Houston & P.Greenslade
ISBN-10: 0 643 05672 6
ISBN-13: 978 0 643 05672 5
Number of pages: xi + 188 pages, appendices, index
Volume 23
ARCHAEOGNATHA, ZYGENTOMA, BLATTODEA, ISOPTERA, MANTODEA, DERMAPTERA, PHASMATODEA, EMBIOPTERA, ZORAPTERA
OUT OF PRINT
Publisher: ABRS/CSIRO Publishing
Year: 1998
Authors: G.B.Smith, A.M.E.Roach, D.C.F.Rentz, J.A.L.Watson, L.R.Miller, H.M.Abbey, J.Balderson, G.Cassis & T.R.New
ISBN-10: 0 643 06035 9
ISBN-13: 978 0 643 06035 7
Number of pages: xiii + 464 pages, appendices, index
Volume 26
PSOCOPTERA, PHTHIRAPTERA, THYSANOPTERA
Publisher: ABRS/CSIRO Publishing
Year: 1996
Authors: C.N.Smithers, R.L.Palma, S.C.Barker & L.A.Mound
ISBN-10: 0 643 05888 5
ISBN-13: 978 0 643 05888 0
Number of pages: xiii + 418 pages, appendices, index
Volume 27.3A
HEMIPTERA: Coleorrhyncha to Cimicomorpha
OUT OF PRINT
Publisher: ABRS/CSIRO Publishing
Year: 1995
Authors: G.Cassis & G.F.Gross
ISBN-10: 0 643 05704 8
ISBN-13: 978 0 643 05704 3
Number of pages: xv + 506 pages, appendices, index
Volume 27.3B
HEMIPTERA: Heteroptera (Pentatomomorpha)
OUT OF PRINT
Publisher: ABRS/CSIRO Publishing
Year: 2002
Authors: G.Cassis & G.F.Gross
ISBN-10: 0 643 06875 9
ISBN-13: 978 0 643 06875 9
Number of pages: xiv + 737 pages, appendices, index
Volume 28
NEUROPTERA, STREPSIPTERA, MECOPTERA, SIPHONAPTERA
Publisher: ABRS/CSIRO Publishing
Year: 1996
Authors: T.R.New, K.J.Lambkin & A.A.Calder
ISBN-10: 0 643 05801 X
ISBN-13: 978 0 643 05801 9
Number of pages: xiii + 230 pages, appendices, index
Volume 29.5
COLEOPTERA: Buprestoidea
OUT OF PRINT
Publisher: ABRS/CSIRO Publishing
Year: 2002
Author: C.L.Bellamy
ISBN-10: 0 643 06900 3
ISBN-13: 978 0 643 06900 8
Number of pages: xii + 491 pages, appendices, index
Volume 29.6
COLEOPTERA: Elateroidea
OUT OF PRINT
Publisher: ABRS/CSIRO Publishing
Year: 1998
Author: A.A.Calder
ISBN-10: 0 643 06354 4
ISBN-13: 978 0 643 06354 9
Number of pages: xiii + 248 pages, appendices, index

Volume 30.1
DIPTERA: Nematocera
OUT OF PRINT
Publisher: ABRS/CSIRO Publishing
Year: 1999
Author: E.M.A.Bugledich
ISBN-10: 0 643 06489 3
ISBN-13: 978 0 643 06489 8
Number of pages: xiii + 627 pages, appendices, index
Volume 31.6
LEPIDOPTERA: Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea
OUT OF PRINT
Publisher: ABRS/CSIRO Publishing
Year: 2001
Authors: E.D.Edwards, J.Newland & L.Regan
ISBN-10: 0 643 06700 0
ISBN-13: 978 0 643 06700 4
Number of pages: x + 613 pages, appendices, index
Volume 33
ECHINODERMATA
OUT OF PRINT
Publisher: ABRS/CSIRO Publishing
Year: 1995
Authors: F.W.E.Rowe & J.Gates
ISBN-10: 0 643 05696 3
ISBN-13: 978 0 643 05696 1
Number of pages: xiii + 510 pages, appendices, index
Volume 34
HEMICHORDATA, TUNICATA, CEPHALOCHORDATA
Publisher: ABRS/CSIRO Publishing
Year: 1998
Authors: C.Burdon-Jones, P.Kott & B.J.Richardson
ISBN-10: 0 643 06036 7
ISBN-13: 978 0 643 06036 4
Number of pages: xiii + 298 pages, appendices, index

Volume 35 FISHES parts 1–3 (set)
OUT OF PRINT
Publisher: ABRS/CSIRO Publishing
Year: 2006
ISBN-10: 0 643 09334 6
ISBN-13: 978 0 643 09334 8
Number of pages: 3 part set, 2248 pages, appendices, index

Volume 35.1 FISHES
Myxini, Petromyzontida, Chondrichthyes, Sarcopterygii, Actinopterygii (in part)
Publisher: ABRS/CSIRO Publishing
Year: 2006
ISBN-10: 0 643 09331 1
ISBN-13: 978 0 643 09331 7
Number of pages: xxiv + 670 pages

Volume 35.2 FISHES
Actinopterygii: Acanthopterygii (in part): Mugiliformes to Perciformes (Zoarcoidei to Labroidei)
Publisher: ABRS/CSIRO Publishing
Year: 2006
ISBN-10: 0 643 09332 X
ISBN-13: 978 0 643 09332 4
Number of pages: xxi + 671–1472 pages

Volume 35.3 FISHES
Actinopterygii: Acanthopterygii (in part): Perciformes (Notothenioidei to Stromateoidei) to Tetraodontiformes
Publisher: ABRS/CSIRO Publishing
Year: 2006
ISBN-10: 0 643 09333 8
ISBN-13: 978 0 643 09333 1
Number of pages: xxi + 1473–2178 pages, appendices, index
Volume 37.2
AVES (Columbidae to Coraciidae)
OUT OF PRINT
Publisher: ABRS/CSIRO Publishing
Year: 1997
Authors: R.Schodde & I.J.Mason
ISBN-10: 0 643 06037 5
ISBN-13: 978 0 643 06037 1
Number of pages: xiii + 440 pages, appendices, index