British Coleoptera Larvae

A guide to the families and major subfamilies

by Peter M. Hammond, Jane E. Marshall, Michael Cox, Beulah H. Garner, Les Jessop, Maxwell V. L. Barclay

Description

An introduction is provided to the present state of knowledge of beetle families and their larvae in the British Isles and relevant larval identification literature. Summaries are given of general larval morphology; specialised biological aspects such as hypermetamorphosis and parasitism; habitats and behaviour as aids to identification, especially of those species in which adults and larvae occupy totally different habitats and in which one or other stage is much more commonly encountered; pest species and biological control; and collecting, preservation and rearing. Illustrated keys are provided to distinguish beetle larvae from those belonging to other insect orders, and to families of Coleoptera larvae. Colour photographs of beetle larvae representing many of the families discussed, and using specimens from the van Emden collection, are provided.

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Bibliographic Information

  • Publisher/Imprint CABI / CAB International
  • Publication Date January 2019
  • Orginal LanguageEnglish
  • ISBN/Identifier 9781800628298 / 1800628293
  • Publication Country or regionUnited Kingdom
  • FormatPaperback
  • Primary Price 60 GBP
  • Pages292
  • ReadershipCollege/higher education; Professional and scholarly
  • Publish StatusPublished
  • Dimensions244 X 172 mm
  • SeriesRES Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects
  • Reference Code6535

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