AuthorUnwin, D.M.
Year1981
TitleA Key to the Families of British Diptera
SeriesAIDGAP
TypeBook/Report
SourceAIDGAP, 143, 40pp, Field Studies Council
IllustrationsLine drawings in the text
Review (by Malcolm Storey)

Well illustrated user-friendly key enabling identification to family level, that avoids jargon so is accessible to the non-specialist. However, it has been suggested that the acalypterates are over-simplified so that the many exceptions are not allowed for, so you may still need to use Colyer and Hammond or Oldroyd’s Royal Ent. Soc Handbook.

The work is downloadable from the FSC website.

There are companion volumes on Bug and Beetle families by the same author.

Examine Stereo Microscope
Specimen PreparationPinned specimens
Identification difficultyStraightforward
Website urlwww.field-studies-council.org/fieldstudies/documents/vol5.3_143.A.pdf

Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
For identificationCurrentDIPTERAtwo-winged fliesAnimalia
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