Author | Hopkin, S.P. |
Year | 2007 |
Title | A Key to the Collembola (Springtails) of Britain and Ireland |
ISBN | 978 1 85153 220 9 |
Series | AIDGAP |
Type | Book/Report |
How Complete | All the British species known at the time |
Source | AIDGAP, 245pp, Field Studies Council |
Illustrations | Colour photographs of living springtails and microscope preps at the rear, copious line drawings accompany the keys |
Review (by Malcolm Storey) | An illustrated key to British Collembola. Publication was seen through by Peter Shaw after Steve Hopkin’s untimely death. |
Examine | Stereo Microscope ( with a Microscope using 100x oil-immersion is also useful) |
Specimen Preparation | Microscope slides of cleared specimens often required. Phase contrast illumination is very useful to see unpigmented cuticle structures. |
Identification difficulty | Some experience required |
Website url | www.field-studies-council.org/publications/pubs/a-key-to-the-collembola-(springtails)-of-britain-and-ireland.aspx |
Notes & Purpose | Status | Taxon | English | Classification |
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For identification, contains Checklist | Current | COLLEMBOLA | springtails | Animalia |
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