Author | Richards, O.W. |
Year | 1977 |
Title | Hymenoptera: Introduction and Keys to Families (ed 2) |
Series | Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects |
Type | Book/Report |
Source | Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol VI. Part 1, 2nd edition edition, 100pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London |
Illustrations | Line drawings of diagnostic features in the text and whole animals at the back |
Review (by Malcolm Storey) | Overview of anatomy and explanation of terms used in the RES hymenoptera handbooks followed by the dichotomous key to families. The second edition has an extended key (4 additional couplets) and many of the illustrations in the text have been printed larger. The names of a few of the parts of wasps have been changed. Can be downloaded from the Royal Entomological Society website. |
Examine | Stereo Microscope |
Specimen Preparation | Pinned and set specimens |
Website url | www.royensoc.co.uk/publications/index.htm |
Notes & Purpose | Status | Taxon | English | Classification |
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For identification | Current | HYMENOPTERA | ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps | Animalia |
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