AuthorKirk-Spriggs, A.H.
Year1996
TitlePollen Beetles - Coleoptera: Kateretidae and Nitidulidae: meligethinae.
ISBN0 901546 80 1
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 6a, 157pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
IllustrationsLine drawings and monochrome photographs and SEM micrographs
Review (by Malcolm Storey)Keys to adults, with (over-)long species accounts due to the inclusion of a vice-county breakdown of published records for each species.
Examine Stereo Microscope
Specimen PreparationDead specimens with legs well displayed. Dissection of genitalia necessary for either sex in most species.
Identification difficultyChallenging.
Website urlwww.royensoc.co.uk/publications/index.htm

Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
For identificationCurrentKATERETIDAEa family of pollen or sap beetlesAnimalia: Coleoptera
For identificationCurrentMeligethesa genus of pollen beetlesAnimalia: Coleoptera: Nitidulidae
For identificationCurrentPria dulcamaraea pollen or sap beetleAnimalia: Coleoptera: Nitidulidae
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