Author | White, I.M. |
Year | 1988 |
Title | Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) |
ISBN | 0 901546 68 2 |
Series | Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects |
Type | Book/Report |
How Complete | Covers all UK species known at the time |
Source | Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol 10. Part 5a, 134pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London |
Illustrations | Line drawings at the back, followed by very useful half-tone wing photographs. |
Review (by Malcolm Storey) | Dichotomous species keys to adults, puparia keys to major groups, followed by keys to species found on selected hosts, tables of pupal characters, host plants for each species, tephritids for each host plant, phenology. Can be downloaded from the Royal Entomological Society website. |
Examine | Stereo Microscope |
Specimen Preparation | Pinned specimens |
Identification difficulty | Generally straightforward |
Website url | www.royensoc.co.uk/publications/index.htm |
Notes & Purpose | Status | Taxon | English | Classification |
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For identification | Current | TEPHRITIDAE | gall-flies, greater fruit flies | Animalia: Diptera |
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