Author | Le Quesne, W.J. |
Year | 1960 |
Title | Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha |
Series | Handbooks for the Identification of Britsh Insects |
Type | Book/Report |
How Complete | All the British species known at the time |
Source | Handbooks for the Identification of Britsh Insects, Vol. II. Part 3, 68pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London |
Illustrations | Line drawings accompany the text |
Review (by Malcolm Storey) | Key to families followed by keys to genera and species. The species entries include ecology and what was known of season and distribution, but these insects had not been much studied at the time of writing. Available for download from the Royal Entomological Society website. |
Examine | Stereo Microscope ( Compound Microscope is also useful) |
Specimen Preparation | Undersides and external genitalia regularly needed, genitalia dissections in some genera. |
Website url | www.royensoc.co.uk/publications/index.htm |
Notes & Purpose | Status | Taxon | English | Classification |
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For identification, Family key | Current | AUCHENORRHYNCHA | a suborder of bugs | Animalia: Hemiptera |
For identification | Current | FULGOROMORPHA | a superfamily of planthoppers | Animalia: Hemiptera |
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