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BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Peacock, E.R., 1993
Adults and Larvae of Hide, Larder and Carpet Beetles and their Relatives (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) and of Derodontid Beetles (Coleoptera: Derdontidae)
Dichotomous key to adults with species entries describing habitat, frequency and distribution. It is followed by a key to larvae (p36).
Unusually for these handbooks, longer species accounts follow the keys.
| Publisher |
The Royal Entomological Society of London (RES) |
| Volume |
Vol 5, part 3 |
| Pages |
144 |
| ISBN |
0 901546 78 X |
| Coverage |
All the British species known at the time, including pest and syanthropic species found in buildings etc. |
| Illustrations |
Line drawings and SEM photographs at the back. |
| Identify |
Under a Stereo Microscope (also useful to examine under a Compound Microscope). |
| Specimen Prep. |
Pinned specimens. Dissection of genitalia may be required in Trogoderma and Attagenus (see P 17).
Larvae should be final instar (choose the largest and most heavily pigmented), macerated for 30mins in hot weak KOH, then mounted in glycerine for viewing under a compound microscope. Some dissection may also be needed. (P 35). |
Malcolm Storey
Taxonomic Scope
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