AuthorHawkins, R.D.
Year2003
TitleShieldbugs of Surrey
ISBN0 9526065 7 7
SeriesSurrey Wildlife Atlas Project
TypeBook/Report
How CompleteAll the British species of Shieldbug and their allies are covered, not just those in Surrey.
SourceSurrey Wildlife Atlas Project, 192pp, Surrey Wildlife Trust
IllustrationsLine drawings in the key, 24 plates of excellent colour photographs of adults and nymphs in the middle of the book.
Review (by Malcolm Storey)

Nicely produced book covering the Shieldbugs and allies of Britain, although with special emphasis on Surrey.

The key to Shieldbugs is followed by a separate key to Shieldbug Allies. Detailed and readable species accounts with phenology histograms for many species and dot maps of distribution in Surrey.

The colour photographs of adults and immature stages are a feature of this book.

Examine in the Hand ( Stereo Microscope is also useful)
Specimen PreparationLive insects kept cool so they keep still. Eurygaster needs dissection of the male genitalia (p48).
Identification difficultyStraightforward.

Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
For identificationCurrentALYDIDAEant bugsAnimalia: Hemiptera
For identificationCurrentCOREIDAEsquashbugsAnimalia: Hemiptera
For identificationCurrentRHOPALIDAErhopalid bugsAnimalia: Hemiptera
For identificationCurrentSTENOCEPHALIDAEspurgebugsAnimalia: Hemiptera
For identificationCurrentACANTHOSOMATIDAEa family of phytophagous shieldbugsAnimalia: Hemiptera
For identificationCurrentCYDNIDAEa family of shieldbugsAnimalia: Hemiptera
For identificationCurrentPENTATOMIDAEa family of shieldbugsAnimalia: Hemiptera
For identificationCurrentSCUTELLERIDAEa family of shieldbugsAnimalia: Hemiptera
For identificationCurrentPYRRHOCORIDAEfirebugsAnimalia: Hemiptera
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