Author | Unwin, D. |
Year | 2001 |
Title | A Key to the Families of British Bugs (Insecta, Hemiptera) |
ISBN | 1 85153 212 9 |
Series | AIDGAP Keys |
Type | Book/Report |
How Complete | Families of adult Hemiptera and Homoptera in Britain, although aphids are only keyed to superfamily (Aphidoidea). |
Source | AIDGAP Keys, 1-35pp, Field Studies Council |
Illustrations | Line drawings accompany the key |
Review (by Malcolm Storey) | Copiously illustrated, user-friendly key to bug families in the same vein as the author’s sister publications for Diptera and Coleoptera. Usefully, it also covers homopterous bugs. |
Examine | Stereo Microscope |
Specimen Preparation | Larger species can be identified alive, but smaller spp need to be killed and pinned. Soft-bodied insects are better stored in 70% alcohol with 5% glycerol. |
Notes & Purpose | Status | Taxon | English | Classification |
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For identification | Current | HEMIPTERA | bugs | Animalia |
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