AuthorDelaney, M.J.
Year1954
TitleThysanura and Diplura
SeriesHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects
TypeBook/Report
How CompleteAll the then known Britsh species
SourceHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, I Part 2, 7pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
IllustrationsLine drawings accompany text
Review (by Malcolm Storey)

A dichotomous key to the species, but now rather old.

Available for download from the Royal Entomological Society website.

Errata, Corrigenda & CommentsP5 couplet 15/16 (*Petrobius*): the descriptions are the opposite way round to the illustrations.
Examine Stereo Microscope
Specimen PreparationIn spirit
Identification difficultyRelatively straightforward, though some of the characters are hard to see
Website urlwww.royensoc.co.uk/publications/index.htm

Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
For identificationCurrentAPTERYGOTAbristletails, silverfish and firebrats (primitively wingless insects)Animalia
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