| Author | Belshaw, R. |
| Year | 1993 |
| Title | Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae) |
| ISBN | 0 901546 81 X |
| Series | Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects |
| Type | Book/Report |
| How Complete | Covers all UK species known at the time |
| Source | Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 10, Part 4a(i), 169pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London |
| Illustrations | Line drawings beside the keys, more line drawings including genitalia and half-tone photos thereof, at the back |
| Review (by Malcolm Storey) | User-friendly dichotomous key - a most welcome replacement for the earlier RES Handbook covering this group. The genitalia drawings are simply outlines and should be used in conjunction with the more life-like figures in the previous Handbook (van Emden, 1954). The Tachinidae web-site maintains a list of new species added since Belshaw. |
| Errata, Corrigenda & Comments | If you get to *Leucostoma simplex* (couplet 101), check the subscutellum - it might be the common *Rhinophora lepida*! (Thanks to Chris Raper for that one) P56: *Siphona*, couplet 8: *S. cristata* (as well as *S. geniculata* and *S. setosa*) can also have a pair of central marginals on T2. (Thanks to Theo Zeegers on Diptera.info for this.) |
| Examine |  Stereo Microscope |
| Specimen Preparation | Pinned specimens |
| Identification difficulty | Mostly straightforward, though some genera difficult |
| Website url | tachinidae.org.uk/site/newspecies.php |
