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BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Cox, M.L., 2007

Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland

A beautifully produced work with species accounts, distribution maps and phenograms of records.

The supplement can be downloaded as a ZIPped MS Word file.

Publisher Pisces Publications
Pages 336
ISBN 978-1-874357-35-3
Coverage All the British species known at the time. Accidental immigrants are discussed but not mapped.
Illustrations 8 pages containing 47 excellent colour photographs.

Malcolm Storey

Taxonomic Scope

Bruchus rufimanus Boheman, 1833 (Bean Beetle) Identification Current Colour photograph.
Chrysolina americana (Linnaeus, 1758) (Rosemary Beetle) Identification Current Colour photograph.
Chrysolina banksi (F., 1775) (a leaf beetle) Identification Current Colour photograph.
Chrysolina graminis (L., 1758) (Tansy Beetle) Identification Current Colour photograph.
Chrysolina sanguinolenta (L., 1758) (Toadflax Leaf Beetle) Identification Current Colour photograph.
Chrysomela populi L., 1758 (Red Poplar Leaf Beetle) Identification Current Colour photograph.
Hydrothassa glabra (Herbst, 1783) (a leaf beetle) Identification Current Colour photograph.
Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say (Colorado Beetle) Identification Current Colour photograph.
Phaedon tumidulus (Germar, 1824) (Celery Leaf Beetle) Identification Current Colour photograph.
Phratora vulgatissima (L.) (Blue Willow Beetle) Identification Current Colour photograph.
Prasocuris phellandrii (L., 1758) (a leaf beetle) Identification Current Colour photograph.
Timarcha goettingenis (L., 1758) (Lesser Bloody-nosed Beetle) Identification Current Colour photograph.
Timarcha tenebricosa (F., 1775) (Bloody-nosed Beetle) Identification Current Colour photograph.
Lilioceris lilii (Scopoli, 1763) (Lily Beetle) Identification Current Colour photograph imago and larva.
Clytra quadripunctata (L., 1758) (a leaf beetle) Identification Current Colour photograph.
Cryptocephalus aureolus Suffrian, 1847 (a leaf beetle) Identification Current Colour photograph.
Cryptocephalus bipunctatus (L., 1758) (a leaf beetle) Identification Current Colour photograph.
Cryptocephalus coryli (L., 1758) (a leaf beetle) Identification Current Colour photograph adult and larva.
Cryptocephalus decemmaculatus (L., 1758) (a leaf beetle) Identification Current Colour photograph.
Cryptocephalus hypochaeridis (L., 1758) (a leaf beetle) Identification Current Colour photograph.
Cryptocephalus parvulus Mueller, 1776 (a leaf beetle) Identification Current Colour photograph.
Donacia bicolora Zschach, 1788 (a leaf beetle) Identification Current Colour photograph.
Donacia marginata Hoppe, 1795 (a leaf beetle) Identification Current Colour photograph.
Donacia versicolorea (Brahm, 1791) (a leaf beetle) Identification Current Colour photograph.
Macroplea appendiculata (Panzer, 1794) (a leaf beetle) Identification Current Colour photograph.
Plateumaris braccata (Scopoli, 1772) (a leaf beetle) Identification Current Colour photograph.
Altica lythri Aube, 1843 (a flea beetle) Identification Current Colour photograph.
Crepidodera aurata (Marsham, 1802) (Willow Flea Beetle) Identification Current Colour photograph.
Epitrix atropae Foudras, 1860 (Belladonna Flea Beetle) Identification Current Colour photograph.
Longitarsus dorsalis (F., 1781) (a flea beetle) Identification Current Colour photograph.
Longitarsus membranaceus (Foudras, 1860) (Wood Sage Flea Beetle) Identification Current Colour photograph.
Psylliodes luridipennis Kutschera, 1864 (Lundy Cabbage Flea Beetle) Identification Current Colour photograph.
Psylliodes marcida (Illiger, 1807) (a flea beetle) Identification Current Colour photograph.
Psylliodes sophiae Heikertinger, 1914 (a flea beetle) Identification Current Colour photograph.
Galerucella sagittariae (Gyllenhal, 1813) (a leaf beetle) Identification Current Colour photograph.
Lochmaea caprea (L., 1758) (Willow Leaf Beetle) Identification Current Colour photograph.
Phyllobrotica quadrimaculata (L., 1758) (Skullcap Leaf Beetle) Identification Current Colour photograph.
Sermylassa halensis (L., 1767) (a leaf beetle) Identification Current Colour photograph.
Cassida murraea L., 1767 (Fleabane Tortoise Beetle) Identification Current Colour photograph (green form).
Cassida nebulosa L., 1758 (a tortoise beetle) Identification Current Colour photograph adult and larva.
Cassida viridis L., 1758 (Green Tortoise Beetle) Identification Current Colour photograph.
Pilemostoma fastuosa (Schaller, 1783) (a tortoise beetle) Identification Current Colour photograph.
Orsodacne cerasi (L., 1758) (a leaf beetle) Identification Current Colour photograph.
BRUCHIDAE (seed beetles, pea weevils, bean weevils) Background Reading Superseded, Checklist Current
CHRYSOMELIDAE (leaf and flea beetles) Background Reading Superseded, Checklist Current
MEGALOPODIDAE (a family of leaf beetles) Background Reading Superseded, Checklist Current
ORSODACNIDAE (a family of leaf beetles) Background Reading Superseded, Checklist Current

Related Publications

Supplement Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland: http://www.brc.ac.uk/resources.htm

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