Author | Stubbs, A.E. & Drake, M. |
Year | 2001 |
Title | British Soldierflies and their Allies |
ISBN | 1-899935-04-5 |
Type | Book/Report |
How Complete | All the British species known at the time |
Source | 511pp, British Entomological and Natural History Society |
Illustrations | 12 plates of line drawings of genitalia and body patterns and 19 plates of (slightly dark) colour photographs |
Review (by Malcolm Storey) | A comprehensive account of the larger brachycera including identification, life histories and ecology. These are probably the easiest group of flies to identify. |
Errata, Corrigenda & Comments | Asilidae: *Machimus* female key: *atricapillus* ovipositor hairs character doesn’t work - both spp have hairs. Stratiomyidae: family key, couplet 3, 2nd alternative "at most three times as long as wide". Tabanidae: *Aylotus rusticus*: male has only slightest suggestion of an eye band (MWS pers obs) |
News | Now sold out. A new edition is in prep. (Jan 2011) |
Examine | Stereo Microscope |
Specimen Preparation | Pinned adults, larvae in alcohol, although some species can be identified on sight. |
Identification difficulty | Mostly straightforward. (A good group for the beginner to Diptera.) |
Notes & Purpose | Status | Taxon | English | Classification |
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For identification | Current | ASILOIDEA | robber & assassin flies, bee flies, stiletto flies & window flies | Animalia: Diptera |
For identification | Current | Tabanomorpha | horseflies, snipe flies & soldier flies | Animalia: Diptera |
For identification | Current | XYLOPHAGIDAE | awl-flies | Animalia: Diptera |
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