AuthorUnwin, D.
Year2001
TitleA Key to the Families of British Bugs (Insecta, Hemiptera)
ISBN1 85153 212 9
SeriesAIDGAP Keys
TypeBook/Report
How CompleteFamilies of adult Hemiptera and Homoptera in Britain, although aphids are only keyed to superfamily (Aphidoidea).
SourceAIDGAP Keys, 1-35pp, Field Studies Council
IllustrationsLine drawings accompany the key
Review (by Malcolm Storey)Copiously illustrated, user-friendly key to bug families in the same vein as the author’s sister publications for Diptera and Coleoptera. Usefully, it also covers homopterous bugs.
Examine Stereo Microscope
Specimen PreparationLarger species can be identified alive, but smaller spp need to be killed and pinned. Soft-bodied insects are better stored in 70% alcohol with 5% glycerol.
Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
For identificationCurrentHEMIPTERAbugsAnimalia
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