| Author | Plant, C.W. |
| Year | 1997 |
| Title | A Key to the Adults of British Lacewings and their allies |
| ISBN | 1 85153 201 3 |
| Series | AIDGAP |
| Type | Book/Report |
| How Complete | Covers all UK species known at the time |
| Source | AIDGAP, 90pp, Field Studies Council |
| Illustrations | copious line drawings |
| Review (by Malcolm Storey) | AIDGAP dichotomous key to lacewings, alderflies, snakeflies and scorpionflies profusely illustrated with line drawings. Appendix 1 gives approximate distributions of each species with brief ecological notes. Appendix 2 covers collecting and preserving. Appendix 3 describes the preparation of genitalia for examination - this is not usually necessary (except the minute Coniopterygidae and female Scorpionflies). Appendix 4 gives comments on nomenclature. |
| Errata, Corrigenda & Comments | *Peyerimhoffina gracilis* was added to the British list in 2001 Key H on page 222: RE-NUMBER EXISTING COUPLET 3 AS 3A and then insert an extra couplet BETWEEN EXISTING COUPLETS 2 AND 3 to read: 3 … Inner gradate series of forewings with at least twice as many cross veins as in the outer gradate series (usually 5 inner, 2 outer). Tip of abdomen finely pointed - *Peyerimhoffina gracilis* - … Inner gradate series with fewer cross veins than the outer series …3a (Thanks to Tony Davis via FaceBook for this and http://gwghost.blogspot.co.uk/). |
| Examine |  Stereo Microscope |
| Specimen Preparation | Killed and pinned, a few need genitalia preps. |
| Identification difficulty | fairly easy, although Scorpionfly genitalia preps have an annoying habit of lying on their sides! |
