AuthorYeo, P.F., & Corbet, S.A.
Year1995
TitleSolitary Wasps
ISBN0 85546 295 7
SeriesNaturalists’ Handbooks
TypeBook/Report
How CompleteAll the genera and almost all the species known in Britain at the time.
SourceNaturalists’ Handbooks, 3, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
IllustrationsLine drawings beside text plus four colour plates of paintings and four half-tone in the middle.
Review (by Malcolm Storey)A handy little guide to the solitary wasps. It offers a diagrammatic "Quick Check Key" for living specimens, plus a diagrammatic family key followed by well-illustrated dichotomous keys to species.
Errata, Corrigenda & Comments

Key VII, page 48, couplet 6:

*Trypoxylon minus* and *T. figulus* (with their measurements) are the wrong way around.

Examine with x8 or x10 hand lens ( Stereo Microscope is also useful)
Specimen PreparationApproximate identification of living specimens, more accurate identification of anaesthetised or dead specimens

Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
For identificationCurrentSPHECOIDEAa superfamily of solitary waspsAnimalia: Hymenoptera
For identificationCurrentMUTILLIDAEvelvet antsAnimalia: Hymenoptera
For identificationCurrentSAPYGIDAEa family of solitary waspsAnimalia: Hymenoptera
For identificationCurrentTIPHIIDAEa family of solitary waspsAnimalia: Hymenoptera
For identificationCurrentVESPIDAEpotter, mason and social waspsAnimalia: Hymenoptera
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