| Author | Ball, S. & Morris, R. |
| Year | 2013 |
| Title | Britain’s Hoverflies: an introduction to the hoverflies of Britain |
| Series | WILDGuides |
| Type | Book/Report |
| How Complete | All the British genera, and 165 of the 281 species, recognised at the time |
| Source | WILDGuides, 297pp, Princeton University Press |
| Illustrations | Colour photographs and line drawings |
| Review (by Malcolm Storey) | A thorough guide to all the common species using a mixture of keys, tables, field photographs and stacked macro images. Very detailled coverage is given to the diagnostic features and they are clearly illustrated by well-labelled macro photography. |
| Examine | in the field in the field ( with x8 or x10 hand lens is also useful) |
| Specimen Preparation | Microscopic examination of pinned specimens required in some cases |
| Identification difficulty | Mostly straightforward, but some genera more diffficult |
