AuthorCoe, R.L., Freeman, P. & Mattingley, P.F.
Year1950
TitleDiptera: Nematocera: families Tipulidae to Chironomidae
SeriesHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects
TypeBook/Report
How CompleteCovers all UK species known at the time
SourceHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol IX. Part 2, 216pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
IllustrationsLine drawings in the text
Review (by Malcolm Storey)

Dichotomous keys with (short) species entries. Now largely superseded, but some chapters still useful or remain the most recent account published.

Can be downloaded from the Royal Entomological Society website.

Examine Stereo Microscope
Specimen PreparationPinned specimens
Identification difficultyVaried:
Website urlwww.royensoc.co.uk/publications/index.htm

Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
For identification, Now very out of dateSupersededCHIRONOMIDAEnon-biting midgesAnimalia: Diptera
For identificationSupersededCULICIDAEmosquitoes, gnatsAnimalia: Diptera
For identificationSupersededANISOPODIDAEwindow gnatsAnimalia: Diptera
For identificationSupersededPSYCHODIDAEowl midges, moth fliesAnimalia: Diptera
For identification, Sometimes misleadingCurrentTRICHOCERIDAEwinter gnatsAnimalia: Diptera
For identificationCurrentPTYCHOPTERIDAEa family of cranefliesAnimalia: Diptera
For identificationSupersededCYLINDROTOMIDAEcylindrotomid cranefliesAnimalia: Diptera
For identificationSupersededLIMONIIDAElesser cranefliesAnimalia: Diptera
For identificationSupersededPEDICIIDAEpediciid cranefliesAnimalia: Diptera
For identification, Unnecessarily difficult!CurrentTIPULIDAEtipulid craneflies, craneflyAnimalia: Diptera
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