| Author | Foster, G.N. & Friday, L.E. |
| Year | 2011 |
| Title | Keys to adults of the Water beetles of Britain & Ireland (part 1) |
| ISBN | 978 0 901546 93 7 |
| Series | Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects |
| Type | Book/Report |
| How Complete | All the British species known at the time |
| Source | Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 4, Part 5, 2nd edition edition, 143pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London |
| Illustrations | Line drawings accompany the text, 19 pages of colour photographs of 162 specimens at the rear. |
| Review (by Malcolm Storey) | Key to families (hidden in the appendix!), key to genera for each family and to species for each genus. The keys are laid out in the modern user-friendly style with illustrations (line drawings) beside most of the couplets. The short species notes which follow each key include confirmatory characters. The full species accounts follow each key. This is the first part of a three-volume series. |
| Errata, Corrigenda & Comments | Errata to be liisted on www.latissimus.org |
| Examine |  Stereo Microscope |
| Specimen Preparation | Dead specimens, in alcohol or pinned. Carded specimens will cause problems as underside characters are often used. Genitalia preps required in some groups. |
| Website url | www.royensoc.co.uk/publications/index.htm |
