AuthorFoster, G.N. & Friday, L.E.
Year2011
TitleKeys to adults of the Water beetles of Britain & Ireland (part 1)
ISBN978 0 901546 93 7
SeriesHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects
TypeBook/Report
How CompleteAll the British species known at the time
SourceHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 4, Part 5, 2nd edition edition, 143pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
IllustrationsLine drawings accompany the text, 19 pages of colour photographs of 162 specimens at the rear.
Review (by Malcolm Storey)

Key to families (hidden in the appendix!), key to genera for each family and to species for each genus. The keys are laid out in the modern user-friendly style with illustrations (line drawings) beside most of the couplets.

The short species notes which follow each key include confirmatory characters. The full species accounts follow each key.

This is the first part of a three-volume series.

Errata, Corrigenda & Comments

Errata to be liisted on www.latissimus.org

Examine Stereo Microscope
Specimen Preparation

Dead specimens, in alcohol or pinned. Carded specimens will cause problems as underside characters are often used.

Genitalia preps required in some groups.

Website urlwww.royensoc.co.uk/publications/index.htm

Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
For identification, contains ChecklistCurrentDYTISCIDAEdiving beetlesAnimalia: Coleoptera
For identification, contains ChecklistCurrentGYRINIDAEwhirligig beetlesAnimalia: Coleoptera
For identification, contains ChecklistCurrentHALIPLIDAEcrawling water beetlesAnimalia: Coleoptera
For identification, contains ChecklistCurrentHYGROBIIDAEscreech beetlesAnimalia: Coleoptera
For identification, contains ChecklistCurrentNOTERIDAEnoterus beetlesAnimalia: Coleoptera
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