Author | Erzinçlioglu, Z. |
Year | 1996 |
Title | Blowflies |
ISBN | 0 8554 303 1 |
Series | Naturalist's Handbooks |
Type | Book/Report |
How Complete | Covers all UK species known at the time except Pollenia, although only the males of Lucilia, Bellardia, Phormia are distinguished. |
Source | Naturalist's Handbooks, 23, 71pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd |
Illustrations | Line drawings beside text plus four colour plates of paintings bound in the centre |
Review (by Malcolm Storey) | Dichotomous keys to adults and partial key to third-instar carrion-feeding larvae. |
Examine | with x15 or x20 hand lens ( Stereo Microscope is also useful) |
Specimen Preparation | Pinned specimens or in 70% alcohol (with glycerol or 25% glacial acetic acid) |
Identification difficulty | Straightforward, although some (Lucilia, Bellardia, Phormia) require male genitalia. |
Notes & Purpose | Status | Taxon | English | Classification |
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For identification | Current | CALLIPHORIDAE | blowflies, bluebottles, green bottles and woodlouse-flies | Animalia: Diptera |
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