Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material / Jens Böcher , Niels P. Kristensen† , Thomas Pape and Lars Vilhelmsen -- Introduction / Jens Böcher and Niels P. Kristensen† -- Arthropod structure and systematics / Niels P. Kristensen† and Jens Böcher -- The Greenland entomofauna in its arctic context / Jens Böcher -- The Greenland entomofauna: zoogeography and history / Jens Böcher -- The inventory of the Greenland entomofauna / Jens Böcher -- Collembola / Arne Fjellberg -- Ephemeroptera / Jens Böcher and Niels P. Kristensen† -- Psocodea / Bo W. Svensson -- Thysanoptera / Richard zur Strassen† -- Hemiptera / Jens Böcher , Niels P. Kristensen† , Thomas Pape and Lars Vilhelmsen -- Hymenoptera / Jens Böcher , Niels P. Kristensen† , Thomas Pape and Lars Vilhelmsen -- Neuroptera / Niels P. Kristensen† -- Coleoptera / Jens Böcher -- Trichoptera / Kjell Arne Johanson -- Lepidoptera / Ole Karsholt , Niels P. Kristensen† , Thomas J. Simonsen and Matti Ahola -- Siphonaptera / Katharina Dittmar and Michael W. Hastriter -- Diptera / Jens Böcher , Niels P. Kristensen† , Thomas Pape and Lars Vilhelmsen -- Arachnida / Jens Böcher , Niels P. Kristensen† , Thomas Pape and Lars Vilhelmsen -- Chilopoda / Jens Böcher -- Introduced insect orders / Jens Böcher -- Glossary / Jens Böcher , Niels P. Kristensen† , Thomas Pape and Lars Vilhelmsen -- Index / Jens Böcher , Niels P. Kristensen† , Thomas Pape and Lars Vilhelmsen.

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In The Greenland Entomofauna an international team of 64 taxonomic specialists provide for the first time a richly illustrated guide to the identification of the ≈1200 species of Hexapods/Insects, Arachnids and Myriapods so far known to occur in the country. While the composition, origin and adaptations of the Greenland fauna has always been a challenge to biogeographers and ecologists/ecophysiologists, the provision of a tool for detailed identification of its constituent species is now particularly timely, since global climate change will expectedly have a particularly noticeable impact on biota at high latitudes. This obviously renders the feasibility of monitoring distributional range shifts of the principal components of this biota a matter of some urgency. Contributors are: Achterberg, Cornelius van; Ahola, Matti; Barták, Miroslav; Behan-Pelletier, Valerie; Bird, Jeremy M.; Bøg, Katrine; Brodo, Fenja; Buhl, Peter N.; Dahl, Christine; Disney, R. Henry L.; Dittmar, Katharina; Fjellberg, Arne; Gammelmo, Øivind; Forshage, Mattias; Gerecke, Reinhard; Gertsson, Carl-Axel; Haastriter, Michael M.L.; Haenni, Jean-Paul; Heie, Ole E.; Heraty, John M.; Hodgson, Chris; Hodkinson, Ian D.; Horsfield, David; Huber, John T.; Jaschoff, Matthias; Jensen, Frank; Johanson, Kjell A.; Jussila, Reijo; Karsholt, Ole; Krzeminska, Ewa; Lantsov, Vladimir I.; Láska, Pavel; Lindegaard, Claus; Lyneborg, Leif (†); Makarova, Olga; Marusik, Yura M.; Mathis, Wayne N.; Mazánek, Libor; Michelsen, Verner; Munk, Thorkild (†); Murphy, William L.; Nielsen, Søren A.; Nielsen, Tore R.; Noyes, John S.; Oosterbroek, Pjotr; Ozerov, Andrey L.; Pape, Thomas; Pinto, John D.; Pollet, Marc; Rindal, Eirik; Rohácek, Jindrich; Simonsen, Thomas J.; Smith, Vincent S.; Söli, Geir; Starý, Jaroslav; Strassen, Richard zur; Svensson, Bo. W.; Vilhelmsen, Lars; Vilkamaa, Pekka; Wilson, Michael; Zatwarnicki, Tadeusz