AuthorDuffy, E.A.J.
Year1953
TitleColeoptera: Scolytidae and Platypodidae
SeriesHandbooks for the identification of British insects
TypeBook/Report
How CompleteAll the British species known at the time
SourceHandbooks for the identification of British insects, Vol 5, Part 15, 20pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
IllustrationsLine drawings
Review (by Malcolm Storey)

Keys the British species known in 1953. These beetles of dead wood are inadvertently spread by the timber industry. Consequently several Scolytids have subsequently been added to our fauna.

Can be downloaded from the Royal Entomological Society’s website.

Examine Stereo Microscope
Website urlwww.royensoc.co.uk/publications/index.htm

Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
For identificationCurrentCURCULIONOIDEAweevils and allied beetlesAnimalia: Coleoptera
For identificationCurrentSCOLYTINAEbark and ambrosia beetlesAnimalia: Coleoptera: Curculionidae
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