Key for the identification of British Scirtidae

In Britain we have one species each from genera Odeles, Microcara, Prionocyphon and Hydrocyphon, two species of Scirtes, four species of Elodes and ten of genus Cyphon. The file below should allow some progress towards identification. Examination of the genitalia will be necessary for definitive identification of some pairs of species. There are notes on this in the section on genus Cyphon.