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BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Unwin, D., 2001
A Key to the Families of British Bugs (Hemiptera)
Copiously illustrated, user-friendly key to bug families in the same vein as the author's sister publications for Diptera and Coleoptera. Usefully, it also covers homopterous bugs.
| Publisher |
Field Studies Council (FSC) |
| Pages |
1-35 |
| ISBN |
1 85153 212 9 |
| Coverage |
Families of adult Hemiptera and Homoptera in Britain, although aphids are only keyed to superfamily (Aphidoidea). |
| Illustrations |
Line drawings accompany the key. |
| Identify |
Under a Stereo Microscope. |
| Specimen Prep. |
Larger species can be identified alive, but smaller spp need to be killed and pinned. Soft-bodied insects are better stored in 70% alcohol with 5% glycerol. |
Malcolm Storey
Taxonomic Scope
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