AuthorFoster, G.
Year2009
TitleModule 7: advanced identification of water beetles (Coleoptera)
SeriesThe Identification of Freshwater Invertebrates to Species Level
TypeDownload
SourceThe Identification of Freshwater Invertebrates to Species Level
IllustrationsColour photographs and line drawings
Review (by Malcolm Storey)

Helpful advice for identifying water beetles, with illustrated keys to most groups.

Comprises:

Part A: Gyrinidae, Haliplidae, Hygrobiidae
Part B: Noteridae, Dytisicidae.
Part C. Polyphaga
Part of the Freshwater Biological Association’s distance learning course: "The Identification of Freshwater Invertebrates to Species Level". The three introductory modules and 9 taxon-group modules can be downloaded from their website.

Website urlwww.fba.org.uk/identification-freshwater-invertebrates-species-level-distance-learning-course
Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
For identificationCurrentDYTISCIDAEdiving beetlesAnimalia: Coleoptera
For identificationCurrentGYRINIDAEwhirligig beetlesAnimalia: Coleoptera
For identificationCurrentHALIPLIDAEcrawling water beetlesAnimalia: Coleoptera
For identificationCurrentHYGROBIIDAEscreech beetlesAnimalia: Coleoptera
For identificationCurrentNOTERIDAEnoterus beetlesAnimalia: Coleoptera
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