BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Legg, G. & Jones, R.E., 1988

Pseudoscorpions

Introductory chapters cover Structure, Reproduction, Ecology, Distribution, Collection and Preservation. Although one chapter title includes "Preparation", there is no information on this. There is a dichotomous key to adults, followed by species descriptions which each start with a drawing of the whole animal, followed by decriptions of structure and distribution, drawings of taxonomic features and a 10KM distribution map.

Publisher The Linnean Society of London
Volume 40
Pages 159
ISBN 90 04 08770 2
Coverage All the then known British species.
Illustrations SEM fontispiece, stipple drawings of the whole animals, line drawings of the parts.
Identify Under a Stereo Microscope (also useful to examine under a Compound Microscope).
Specimen Prep. Minimum handling as significant bristles are easily lost.
Difficulty Need good optics to see the small parts.

Malcolm Storey

Taxonomic Scope

PSEUDOSCORPIONES (pseudoscorpions) Identification Superseded Current

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