Author | Rotheray, G.E. |
Year | 1989 |
Title | Aphid Predators |
ISBN | 0 85546 269 8 |
Series | Naturalists' Handbooks |
Type | Book/Report |
How Complete | Covers common representative species of families of Aphid predators. Also a partial key to Thaumatomyia (p44) |
Source | Naturalists' Handbooks, 11, 77pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd |
Illustrations | Line drawings alongside the text and 2 colour plates bound in the centre. |
Review (by Malcolm Storey) | Handy booklet covering common species of aphids and number of taxonomic groups which attack them. The guide to common species of aphids on various hosts is followed by partial keys to major groups of invertebrates preying on Aphids. (Note: keys only work for specimens of at least the lengths given on page 36). Keys are presented for: Syrphidae (larvae and adults), Coccinellidae (larvae and adults), Cecidomyiidae (aphid midge larvae), Anthocoridae (larvae and adults), Neuroptera (larvae and adults) and Formicidae (adults) followed by a guide to common Carabidae and Staphylinidae. |
Examine | with x8 or x10 hand lens ( Stereo Microscope is also useful) |
Identification difficulty | Varied |
Notes & Purpose | Status | Taxon | English | Classification |
---|---|---|---|---|
For identification | Current | CARABIDAE | ground beetles, tiger beetles | Animalia: Coleoptera |
For identification, Keys to larvae and to adults of aphidivorous species - better to use Majerus and Kearns "Ladybirds" in the same series. | Current | COCCINELLIDAE | ladybirds, ladybugs | Animalia: Coleoptera |
For identification | Current | STAPHYLINIDAE | rove beetles | Animalia: Coleoptera |
For identification, Keys to larvae of aphidivorous species. In first couplet: translucent larvae count as "otherwise coloured". | Current | SYRPHIDAE | hover flies, drone flies, flower flies, hoverfly | Animalia: Diptera |
For identification, Key to adults of aphidivorous species. | Current | SYRPHIDAE | hover flies, drone flies, flower flies, hoverfly | Animalia: Diptera |
For identification | Current | CECIDOMYIIDAE | wood, gall, rust and aphid midges | Animalia: Diptera |
For identification | Current | Thaumatomyia | a genus of chloropid flies | Animalia: Diptera: Chloropidae |
For identification | Current | FORMICIDAE | ants | Animalia: Hymenoptera |
For identification, Keys to larvae and to adults of aphidivorous species | Current | NEUROPTERA | lacewings | Animalia |
For identification | Current | ANTHOCORIDAE | flower bugs | Animalia: Hemiptera |
For identification, Aphids on selected host plants | Current | APHIDOIDEA | aphids | Animalia: Hemiptera |
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