Author | Skidmore, P. |
Year | 1991 |
Title | Insects of the British Cow-Dung Community |
ISBN | 1 85153 821 6 |
Series | AIDGAP Keys: Occasional Publication |
Type | Book/Report |
How Complete | Within the scope of the title, coverage seems very compete |
Source | AIDGAP Keys: Occasional Publication, No 21, 166pp, Field Studies Council |
Illustrations | line 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 Preparation | adults: killed and pinned, larvae: in 70% alcohol |
Identification difficulty | some groups easy, the most difficult groups only taken to genus or family |
Website url | www.tombio.uk/?q=node/447 |
Notes & Purpose | Status | Taxon | English | Classification |
---|---|---|---|---|
For identification | Current | ARTHROPODA | arthropods | Animalia |
For identification | Current | COLEOPTERA | beetles | Animalia |
For identification | Current | DIPTERA | two-winged flies | Animalia |
For identification | Current | HYMENOPTERA | ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps | Animalia |
Current | Bos taurus | Cattle, Domestic Cattle | Animalia: Artiodactyla: Bovidae |
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