AuthorLinssen, E.F.
Year1959
TitleBeetles of the British Isles - first series
SeriesWayside and Woodland Series
TypeBook/Report
How CompleteA selection of the commoner and more noticeable species.
SourceWayside and Woodland Series, First Series, 300pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Illustrations39 plates of line drawings and colour paintings among the text
Review (by Malcolm Storey)

The first of a pair of volumes in the incomparable Wayside and Woodland Series that provide an accessible account of the Coleoptera. Using the classification of the time, this volume covers Adephaga and the superfamilies Palpicornia, Staphylinoidea and Diversicornia of the Polyphaga.

For each family a selection of genera and representative species are described and illustrated either as line drawings or small colour paintings.

A good number of species are illustrated.

Examine with x8 or x10 hand lens ( Stereo Microscope is also useful)

Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
For identificationCurrentCOLEOPTERAbeetlesAnimalia
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