| Author | MacGowan, I. & Rotheray, G. |
| Year | 2008 |
| Title | British Lonchaeidae |
| ISBN | 978 090154 688 3 |
| Series | RES Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects |
| Type | Book/Report |
| How Complete | All the British species known at the time |
| Source | RES Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol. 10 Part 15, 142pp, Field Studies Council |
| Illustrations | Colour photographs at the rear, line drawings in the text |
| Review (by Malcolm Storey) | A guide to these small, rather similar, dark blue flies, some of which are very common. Keys to adults, species descriptions and distribution maps of selected species. There is also a key to larvae and puparia of saproxylic species using mouthparts, posterior spiracle and locomotory ridges. |
| Errata, Corrigenda & Comments | An erratum page can be downloaded from the RES website. |
| Examine |  Stereo Microscope ( Compound Microscope is also useful) |
| Specimen Preparation | Genitilia preps often needed. |
