AuthorSkidmore, P.
Year1991
TitleInsects of the British Cow-Dung Community
ISBN1 85153 821 6
SeriesAIDGAP Keys: Occasional Publication
TypeBook/Report
How CompleteWithin the scope of the title, coverage seems very compete
SourceAIDGAP Keys: Occasional Publication, No 21, 166pp, Field Studies Council
Illustrationsline drawings
Review (by Malcolm Storey)Despite the title, this work covers all forms of life found in and on cow (and other ungulate) dung, with short sections on plant seeds, fungi and non-insect invertebrates before the main keys to insects are presented. Also includes larvae. Particularly useful for Coleoptera and Diptera.
Examine Stereo Microscope
Specimen Preparationadults: killed and pinned, larvae: in 70% alcohol
Identification difficultysome groups easy, the most difficult groups only taken to genus or family
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Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
For identificationCurrentARTHROPODAarthropodsAnimalia
For identificationCurrentCOLEOPTERAbeetlesAnimalia
For identificationCurrentDIPTERAtwo-winged fliesAnimalia
For identificationCurrentHYMENOPTERAants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid waspsAnimalia
CurrentBos taurusCattle, Domestic CattleAnimalia: Artiodactyla: Bovidae
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