Author | Willmer, P. | |||
Year | 1985 | |||
Title | Bees, Ants and Wasps: A key to genera of the British Aculeates | |||
Series | AIDGAP | |||
Type | Book/Report | |||
Source | AIDGAP, 7, 27pp, Field Studies Council | |||
Illustrations | Line drawings in the text | |||
Review (by Malcolm Storey) | Set of flow chart keys to genera, followed by confirmatory characters for each genus. Since many genera are monospecific, this will often take you to the species. The key is easy to use but can be unreliable. | |||
Errata, Corrigenda & Comments | P22: 3rd question/2nd choice: SM2 can be 6-sided (*Tachysphex*). P24: some (eg metallic) species of *Halictus* will key to *Lasioglossum* and some *Lasioglossum* have hairs at both ends of the segments. Additional characters:
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Examine | Stereo Microscope | |||
Specimen Preparation | Pinned and set insects | |||
Identification difficulty | Straightforward, but doesn’t always take you to the right genus. (Going beyond genus rapidly gets difficult!) |
Notes & Purpose | Status | Taxon | English | Classification |
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For identification | Current | Aculeata | aculeates: bees, wasps and ants | Animalia: Hymenoptera |
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