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BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Belshaw, R., 1993
Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)
User-friendly dichotomous key - a most welcome replacement for the earlier RES Handbook covering this group.
The genitalia drawings are simply outlines and should be used in conjunction with the more lifelike figures in the previous Handbook (van Emden, 1954).
| Publisher |
The Royal Entomological Society of London (RES) |
| Volume |
Vol 10, Part 4a(i) |
| Pages |
169 |
| ISBN |
0 901546 81 X |
| Comments and Corrigenda |
If you get to Leucostoma simplex (couplet 101), check the subscutellum - it might be the common Rhinophora lepida! (Thanks to Chris Raper for that one)
P56: Siphona, couplet 8: S. cristata (as well as S. geniculata and S. setosa) can also have a pair of central marginals on T2. (Thanks to Theo Zeegers on Diptera.info for this.)
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| Coverage |
Covers all UK species known at the time. |
| Illustrations |
Line drawings beside the keys, more line drawings including genitalia and half-tone photos thereof, at the back. |
| Identify |
Under a Stereo Microscope. |
| Specimen Prep. |
Pinned specimens. |
| Difficulty |
Mostly straightforward, though some genera difficult. |
Malcolm Storey
Taxonomic Scope
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