AuthorGauld, I. & Bolton, B. (eds)
Year1988
TitleThe Hymenoptera
TypeBook/Report
Source332pp, British Museum (Natural History)
IllustrationsLine drawings, and colour and half-tone photographs
Review (by Malcolm Storey)

A very readable account of bees, wasps and ants, covering economic importance, collecting and studying, and morphology. This is followed by a review of the families and subfamilies with their life-cycles and ecology.

Includes a key to the superfamilies (adults) in Britain, and keys to the families of each superfamily.

Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
For identificationCurrentHYMENOPTERAants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid waspsAnimalia
CurrentHYMENOPTERAants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid waspsAnimalia
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