AuthorEason, E.H.
Year1964
TitleCentipedes of the British Isles
TypeBook/Report
How CompleteAll the British species known at the time
Source294pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
IllustrationsColour and half-tone photographs and line drawings
Review (by Malcolm Storey)

A guide to centipedes, with keys and descriptions. The diagnostic features are well illustrated with clear line drawings (although sometimes tedious to find as references only give the number of the figure.)

The taxonomy is slightly out of date.

Long out-of-print but now available on CD from Pisces Conservation.

Examine Stereo Microscope
Specimen PreparationDead specimens in alcohol. Ideally Geophilomorphs should be first cleared by a few hours in 60% lactic acid. (The acid should be neutralised with ammonia and washed well before returning to alcohol storage.)
Identification difficultyRelatively straightforward although the coxal pores of Geophilomorphs are not clearly visible except in cleared specimens.
Website urlwww.pisces-conservation.com/

Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
For identification, contains ChecklistCurrentCHILOPODAcentipedesAnimalia
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