Author | Cooter, J. & Barclay M.V.L. (eds) |
Year | 2006 |
Title | A Coleopterist’s handbook |
ISBN | 0 900054 70 0 |
Series | The Amateur Entomolgist |
Type | Book/Report |
Source | The Amateur Entomolgist, 11, Fourth Edition edition, 439pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society |
Illustrations | Block of 32 plates of colour photographs bound near the centre and line drawings in the text |
Review (by Malcolm Storey) | The first half of the book is a family by family account of beetles and their habits, followed by a brief, but similarly aranged, look at the larvae. This is followed by the photographic plates which include 100 photographs of representative species. The second half of the work covers techniques: field craft (including lists of associated plants bot by beetle and by plant), collecting, identification, dissection, curation and rearing of larvae. Every amateur or professional naturalist with any interest in beetles should have this wonderful compendium of everything coleopterological. |
Notes & Purpose | Status | Taxon | English | Classification |
---|---|---|---|---|
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Aepus marinus | a ground beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Carabidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Asaphidion curtum | a ground beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Carabidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Bembidion femoratum | a ground beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Carabidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Blemus discus | a ground beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Carabidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Blethisa multipunctata | a ground beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Carabidae |
For identification, Colour photographs of a selection of species | Current | Carabus | a genus of ground beetles | Animalia: Coleoptera: Carabidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Carabus arvensis ssp sylvaticus | a ground beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Carabidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Carabus clatratus | a ground beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Carabidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Carabus glabratus ssp lapponicus | a ground beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Carabidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Carabus granulatus ssp hibernicus | a ground beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Carabidae |
For identification, Colour photographs of imago, larva and ovum | Current | Carabus intricatus | Blue Ground Beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Carabidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Carabus monilis | Necklace Ground Beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Carabidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Carabus nemoralis | a ground beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Carabidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Carabus nitens | a ground beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Carabidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Carabus problematicus ssp harcyniae | a ground beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Carabidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Cychrus caraboides ssp rostratus | a ground beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Carabidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Eurynebria complanata | a ground beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Carabidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Notiophilus aquaticus | a ground beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Carabidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Pterostichus aterrimus | a ground beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Carabidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Cicindela campestris | Green Tiger Beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Carabidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Cillenus lateralis | a ground beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Carabidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Dyschirius obscurus | a ground beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Carabidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Elaphrus riparius | a ground beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Carabidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Demetrias imperialis | a ground beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Carabidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Laemostenus complanatus | a ground beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Carabidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Panagaeus bipustulatus | a ground beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Carabidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Pelophila borealis | a ground beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Carabidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Stenolophus mixtus | a ground beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Carabidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Rhantus exsoletus | a diving beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Dytiscidae |
For identification, Colour photograph of larva | Current | Dytiscus marginalis | Great Diving Beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Dytiscidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Graphoderus zonatus | Spangled Diving Beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Dytiscidae |
For identification, Colour photograph of larva | Current | Ctesias serra | Cobweb Beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Dermestidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Niptus hololeucus | Golden Spider Beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Ptinidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Ptilinus pectinicornis | Fan-bearing Wood-borer | Animalia: Coleoptera: Ptinidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Callidium violaceum | Violet Longhorn Beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Cerambycidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Clytus arietis | Wasp Beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Cerambycidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Hylotrupes bajulus | House Longhorn Beetle, Old House Borer | Animalia: Coleoptera: Cerambycidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Molorchus minor | Spruce Shortwing Beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Cerambycidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Pyrrhidium sanguineum | Welsh Oak Longhorn Beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Cerambycidae |
For identification, Colour photographs of male and female | Current | Acanthocinus aedilis | Timberman Beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Cerambycidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Pogonocherus hispidulus | Greater Thorn-tipped Longhorn Beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Cerambycidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Saperda scalaris | Ladder-marked Longhorn Beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Cerambycidae |
For identification | Current | Leptura quadrifasciata | Four-banded Longhorn Beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Cerambycidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Judolia sexmaculata | Three-banded Longhorn Beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Cerambycidae |
For identification, Colour photograph of larva | Current | Rhagium | a genus of longhorn beetles | Animalia: Coleoptera: Cerambycidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Stictoleptura rubra | Red Longhorn Beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Cerambycidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Chrysolina fastuosa | Dead-nettle Leaf Beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Timarcha tenebricosa | Bloody-nosed Beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae |
For identification, Colour photograph of larva in "pot" | Current | Cryptocephalus coryli | Hazel Pot Beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Cryptocephalus decemmaculatus | 10-spotted Pot Beetle, Ten-spotted Pot Beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Donacia versicolorea | a reed beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Psylliodes luridipennis | Lundy Cabbage Flea Beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Galerucella sagittariae | a leaf beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae |
For identification, Colour photograph of green form | Current | Cassida murraea | Fleabane Tortoise Beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae |
For identification, Colour photograph of larva | Current | Cassida rubiginosa | Thistle Tortoise Beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Cassida viridis | Green Tortoise Beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Pilemostoma fastuosum | a tortoise beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Opilo mollis | a chequered beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Cleridae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Anthocomus rufus | a malachite beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Melyridae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Anatis ocellata | Eyed Ladybird | Animalia: Coleoptera: Coccinellidae |
For identification, Colour photograph of larva | Current | Coccinella | a genus of ladybirds | Animalia: Coleoptera: Coccinellidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Halyzia sedecimguttata | Orange Ladybird | Animalia: Coleoptera: Coccinellidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Endomychus coccineus | a false ladybird | Animalia: Coleoptera: Endomychidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Triplax russica | a shiny fungus beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Erotylidae |
For identification, Colour photographs of adult and larvae | Current | Cionus scrophulariae | Figwort Weevil | Animalia: Coleoptera: Curculionidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Curculio glandium | Acorn Weevil | Animalia: Coleoptera: Curculionidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Magdalis carbonaria | a weevil | Animalia: Coleoptera: Curculionidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Apoderus coryli | Hazel Leaf-roller Weevil | Animalia: Coleoptera: Attelabidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Sitophilus granarius | Grain Weevil, Granary Weevil | Animalia: Coleoptera: Dryophthoridae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Melandrya caraboides | a false darkling beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Melandryidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Osphya bipunctata | a false darkling beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Melandryidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Meloe proscarabaeus | Black Oil-beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Meloidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Tomoxia bucephala | a tumbling flower beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Mordellidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Mycetophagus quadripustulatus | a hairy fungus beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Mycetophagidae |
For identification, Colour photographs of imago and larva | Current | Pyrochroa serraticornis | Red-headed Cardinal Beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Pyrochroidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Cteniopus sulphureus | Sulphur Beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Bitoma crenata | a narrow timber beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Zopheridae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Agrilus biguttatus | Oak Jewel Beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Buprestidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Byrrhus fasciatus | Banded Pill-beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Byrrhidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Malthinus flaveolus | a soldier beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Cantharidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Malthodes marginatus | a soldier beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Cantharidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Rhagonycha fulva | Common Red Soldier Beetle, "Hogweed Bonking Beetle" | Animalia: Coleoptera: Cantharidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Anostirus castaneus | Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Elateridae |
For identification, Colour photographs of imago and larva | Current | Ampedus cardinalis | Cardinal Click Beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Elateridae |
For identification, Colour photograph of female | Current | Lampyris noctiluca | Glowworm | Animalia: Coleoptera: Lampyridae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Typhaeus typhoeus | Minotaur Beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Geotrupidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Acrossus rufipes | a dung beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Cetonia aurata | Rose Beetle, Rose Chafer | Animalia: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae |
For identification, Colour photographs of imago, larva, frass | Current | Gnorimus nobilis | Noble Chafer | Animalia: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Melolontha melolontha | Common Cockchafer, May Bug | Animalia: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Serica brunnea | Brown Chafer | Animalia: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Margarinotus | a genus of clown beetles | Animalia: Coleoptera: Histeridae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Hydrophilus piceus | Great Silver Water Beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Nicrophorus investigator | a sexton beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Silphidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Dendroxena quadrimaculata | a sexton beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Silphidae |
For identification, Colour photograph of larva | Current | Silpha tristis | a sexton beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Silphidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Ocypus olens | Devil’s Coach-horse, Rove Beetle, Cocktail | Animalia: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Staphylinus erythropterus | a rove beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Lordithon thoracicus | a rove beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Tachyporus hypnorum | a rove beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae |
Current | COLEOPTERA | beetles | Animalia |
Unless otherwise expressly stated, all original material on the BioInfo website by Malcolm Storey is licensed under the above Creative Commons Licence.