ID Resource Resource Finder

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Title Description Author(s)sort descending Free Availability
Key for the identification of British Melandryidae This family contains 17 species on the British list, classified in ten genera and two subfamilies. Mike Hackston Yes Online View Edit
Key for the identification of British Meloidae The latest checklist lists ten species from three genera. Some of these are very rare. Mike Hackston Yes Online View Edit
Key for the identification of British Monotomidae The latest checklist has 23 species in three genera and two subfamilies. Mike Hackston Yes Online View Edit
Key for the identification of British Mordellidae A family of 17 species of quite conspicuous beetles that are generally very difficult to identify. Mike Hackston Yes Online View Edit
Key for the identification of British Mycetophagidae The key below is for all the UK species listed in the 2012 edition of the Checklist of Beetles of Britain. Mike Hackston Yes Online View Edit
Key for the identification of British Nanophyidae The Loosestrife weevils - 2 species in Britain, the commoner of which causes spindle-shaped galls in Purple-loosestrife. Mike Hackston Yes Online View Edit
Keys for the identification of British Nitidulidae (the pollen beetles) Subfamilies Carpophilinae (3 genera, 31 species) Meligethinae (2 genera, 37 species) Nitidulinae (7 gener Mike Hackston Yes Online View Edit
Key for the identification of British Noteridae There are two species of this family of water beetles found in the UK, both found in still water habitats Mike Hackston Yes Online View Edit
Key for the identification of British Oedemeridae There are ten species on the British list, some of which are conspicuous flower-feeders and so are often noticed. Mike Hackston Yes Online View Edit
Key for the identification of British Orsodacnidae A small family of just two British species related to the Chrysomelidae, keyed in the document below. Mike Hackston Yes Online View Edit
Keys for the identification of British Ptiliidae Tiny beetles of variable shape. Mike Hackston Yes Online View Edit
Key for the identification of British Ptinidae The species in this family have been previously placed in two families Anobiidae and Ptinidae but are now combined. Mike Hackston Yes Online View Edit
Key for the identification of British Pyrochroidae There are only three species in this family on the British list and they are keyed in the document below. Mike Hackston Yes Online View Edit
Key to the British species of Phalacridae Fifteen species have been recorded from Britain. Mike Hackston Yes Online View Edit
Key for the identification of British Rhynchitidae This is a small family of very similar looking weevils which feed on a number of plants, sometimes at pest levels. Mike Hackston Yes Online View Edit
Key for the identification of British Salpingidae The species of this family may be found under bark or in the small branches of trees and hedgerow shrubs. Mike Hackston Yes Online View Edit
Keys for the identification of British Scarabaeidae This family includes the dung beetles and flower chafers. Mike Hackston Yes Online View Edit
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, Mike Hackston Yes Online View Edit
Key for the identification of British Scraptiidae This is a small family in the British fauna. Mike Hackston Yes Online View Edit
Key for the identification of British Silphidae A key to the British genera and species of family Silphidae is available below. Mike Hackston Yes Online View Edit
Key for the identification of British Silvanidae A family with 13 established British species from 10 genera. Mike Hackston Yes Online View Edit
Key for the identification of British Sphindidae A small family with only two species in Britain, Sphindus dubius and Aspidiphorus orbiculatus, two species of completel Mike Hackston Yes Online View Edit
Keys for the identification of British Staphylinidae This is the largest family of beetles in the UK and includes over 1000 species. Mike Hackston Yes Online View Edit
Key for the identification of British Tenebrionidae In the current checklist there are 47 species on the British list. Mike Hackston Yes Online View Edit
Key for the identification of British Tetratomidae There are four members of this family on the British list, and they are quite easily separated from one another. Mike Hackston Yes Online View Edit
Key for the identification of British Throscidae There are five species of this family on the British list, Aulonothroscus brevicollis and four species of Trixagus. Mike Hackston Yes Online View Edit
Key for the identification of British Trogidae Trogidae, sometimes called hide beetles, is a family of beetles with a distinctive warty or bumpy appearance. Mike Hackston Yes Online View Edit
Key for the identification of British Trogossitidae This family contains five British species, each from different genera. Mike Hackston Yes Online View Edit
Coleoptera family keys Updated web address for individual beetle families. Mike Hackston Yes Online View Edit
Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae (Broad-nosed weevils) RES Handbook vol 5 part 17a. Morris No Publication View Edit
True weevils (part 1) Coleoptera: Curculionidae RES Handbook vol 5 part 17b. Morris No Publication View Edit
True Weevils (part 2) Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Ceutorhynchinae RES handbook vol 5 part 17c. Morris No Publication View Edit
True Weevils (Part III) RES Handbook Vol 5 Part 17d. This Handbook is the third, and final, part covering the 'true weevils'. Morris No Publication View Edit
iRecord Ladybirds The Centre for Ecology and Hydrology and the Nature Locator team have joined forces to help map species of ladybird with Natural Apptitude Ltd. Yes App View Edit
Shropshire Weevils associated with Sycamore, Beech, Alder, Birch and Hazel PDF photo guide to some of the more frequently encountered weevils of Shropshire. P Boardman Yes Online, PDF View Edit
Shropshire Weevils associated with conifers PDF photo guide to some of the more frequently encountered weevils of Shropshire. P Boardman Yes Online, PDF View Edit
Shropshire Weevils associated with deadwood, fungi, and rotting timbers PDF photo guide to some of the more frequently encountered weevils of Shropshire. P Boardman Yes Online, PDF View Edit
Shropshire Weevils associated with elms and oaks PDF photo guide to some of the more frequently encountered weevils of Shropshire. P Boardman Yes Online, PDF View Edit
Shropshire weevils associated with rosaceous trees and shrubs PDF photo guide to some of the more frequently encountered weevils of Shropshire. P Boardman Yes Online, PDF View Edit
Water Beetle adults and larvae A dichotomous key - in FRENCH - but very useable for adult and larvae of water beetles Phillipe Richoux Yes Online, PDF View Edit
RES Handbook Vol 4 Part 1. Coleoptera, Introduction and keys to families THE Coleoptera of the British Islands have been treated in a series of comprehensive works, the most important of which R. A. Crowson Yes Online, PDF View Edit
RES Handbook Vol 5 Part 7. Coleoptera - Coccinellidae & Sphindidae THE World fauna of Coccinellidae includes over 3000 known species, of which only 42 occur in the British Isles. R. D. Pope Yes Online, PDF View Edit
RES Handbook Vol 5 Part 2c. Coleoptera - Heteroceridae THE family Heteroceridae is represented in Britain by a single genus, Heterocerus Fabricius, containing eight species. R. O. S. Clarke Yes Online, PDF View Edit
RES Handbook Vol 5 Part 5b. Coleoptera. Phalacridae THE family Phalacridae comprises a considerable number of genera and species and is represented in almost all parts of t R. T. Thompson Yes Online, PDF View Edit
Ladybirds (Coccinellidae) of Britain and Ireland This atlas describes the distribution of ladybirds in Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands, using d Roy, Brown, Frost & Poland No Publication View Edit
Pdf key to British Silphidae There are only 21 species recorded from the UK and most of these are reasonably large in size, making identification a l Silphidae recording Scheme Yes PDF View Edit
Identikit Beetle Families A prototype multi-access digital identification key covering 102 beetle families known to occur in Britain and Ireland. Stephen Docker Yes Online, App View Edit
Steven Falk's Flickr Collections for Coleoptera A collection of photographs for UK beetles. Steven Falk Yes Online View Edit
A key to the families of British Coleoptera (beetles) and Strepsiptera This AIDGAP identification key will help non-specialists to identify all families of British beetles - of which there ar Unwin No Publication View Edit
Identification of Freshwater Invertebrates to Species Level: A distance learning course from FBA and EA.
 Currently not running as a tutor lead course, but downloading of th Various mainly Richard Chadd Yes Online, PDF View Edit

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