Royal Entomological Society Handbooks
Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects is a series of books produced by
AIDGAP identification guides and Synopses of the British Fauna
.
Full list of titles
Vol : 1 - Small Orders
Title | Edition | Vol | Date | Auth | Pages |
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Thysanura and Diplura | Vol 1 Pt 2 | 1954 | Delany, M.J. | 7 | |
Dermaptera and Orthoptera
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1st | Vol 1 Pt 5 | 1949 | Hincks, W.D. | 20 |
Dermaptera and Orthoptera
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2nd | Vol 1 Pt 5 | 1956 | Hincks, W.D. | 24 |
Plecoptera | Vol 1 Pt 6 | 1950 | Kimmins, D.E. | 18 | |
Psocids Psocoptera (Booklice and Barklice)
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1st | Vol 1 Pt 7 | 1974 | New, T.R. | 102 |
Psocids Psocoptera (Booklice and Barklice)
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2nd | Vol 1 Pt 7 | 2006 | New, T.R. | 146 |
Ephemeroptera
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Vol 1 Pt 9 | 1950 | Kimmins, D.E. | 18 | |
Odonata | 1st | Vol 1 Pt 10 | 1949 | Fraser, F.C. | 48 |
Odonata | 2nd | Vol 1 Pt 10 | 1956 | Fraser, F.C. | 49 |
Thysanoptera
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Vol 1 Pt 11 | 1976 | Mound, L.A.; Morison, G.D.; Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M. | 76 | |
Mecoptera, Megaloptera and Neuroptera | Vol 1 Pt 12-13 | 1959 | Fraser, F.C. | 40 | |
Trichoptera, Hydroptilidae
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Vol 1 Pt 14a | 1978 | Marshall, J.E. | 31 | |
Siphonaptera )
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1st | Vol 1 Pt 16 | 1957 | Smit, F. G. A. M. | 94 |
Siphonaptera )
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2nd | Vol 1 Pt 16 | 2007 | Whitaker, A.P. | vi, 178 |
The adult Trichoptera (caddisflies) of Britain and Ireland | 1st | Vol 1 Pt 17 | 2012 | Barnard, P. & Ross, E. | 192 |
Vol : 2 - Hemiptera
Title | Edition | Vol | Date | Auth | Pages |
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Cicadellidae (except Deltocephaline and Typhlocybinae )
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Vol 2 Pt 2a | 1965 | Le Quesne, W.J | 64 | |
Cicadellidae (Deltocephaline )
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Vol 2 Pt 2b | 1969 | Le Quesne, W.J | 84 | |
Cicadomorpha-Cicadellidae (Typhlocybinae) | Vol 2 Pt 2c | 1981 | Le Quesne, W.J.; Payne, K.R. | 95 | |
Fulgoromorpha
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Vol 2 Pt 3 | 1960 | Le Quesne, W.J. | 68 | |
Aphidoidea-Chaitophoridae and Callaphididae
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Vol 2 Pt 4a | 1976 | Stroyan, H.L.G. | 130 | |
Psylloidea (Adults) | Vol 2 Pt 5a | 1979 | White, I.M.; Hodkinson, I.D. | 79 | |
Psylloidea (nymphal stages) | Vol 2 Pt 5b | 1982 | White, I.M.; Hodkinson, I.D. | 50 | |
Aphids - Pterocommatinae and Aphidinae (Aphidinae) | Vol 2 Pt 6 | 1984 | Stroyan, H.L.G. | 232 | |
Aphids - Macrosiphini (Aphidinae) | Vol 2 Pt 7 | 2010 | Blackman, R. L. | 414 | |
Aphids - Anoeciinae, Lachninae, Eriosomatinae, Phyloemyzinae, Thelazinae, Hormaphildinae, Mindarinae | Vol 2 Pt 8 | 2019 | Blackman, R., Dransfield, R.D.; Brightwell, R. | viii, 216 |
Vol : 4 - Coleoptera
Title | Edition | Vol | Date | Auth | Pages |
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Coleoptera . Introduction and Key to Families
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Vol 4 Pt 1 | 1956 | Crowson, R.A. | 48 | |
British Coleoptera larvae. A guide to the families and major subfamilies. | Vol 4 Pt 1a | 2019 | Peter M. Hammond, Jane E. Marshall, Michael L. Cox, Leslie Jessop, Beulah H. Garner & Maxwell V.L. Barclay | 280 | |
The Carabidae (ground beetles) of Britain and Ireland
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1st | Vol 4 Pt 2 | 1974 | Lindroth, C.H | 148 |
The Carabidae (ground beetles) of Britain and Ireland
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2nd | Vol 4 Pt 2 | 2007 | Luff, M. | iv, 247 |
Coleoptera: Hydradephaga
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Vol 4 Pt 3 | 1953 | Balfour-Browne, F. | 33 | |
Keys to adults of the water beetles of Britain and Ireland (Part 1) | Vol 4 Pt 5 | 2011 | Foster, G.N.; Friday, L.E. | 144 | |
Keys to adults of the water beetles of Britain and Ireland (Part 2) | Vol 4 Pt 5b | 2014 | Foster, G.N.; Bilton, D.T.; Friday, L.E. | 126 | |
Coleoptera: Clambidae | Vol 4 Pt 6a | 1966 | Johnson, C. | 13 | |
Staphylinidae-Piestinae
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Vol 4 Pt 8a | 1954 | Tottenham, C.E. | 79 | |
Pselaphidae | Vol 4 Pt 9 | 1957 | Pearce, E.J. | 32 | |
Coleoptera: Sphaeritidae and Histeridae
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Vol 4 Pt 10 | 1963 | Halstead, D.G.H. | 16 |
Vol : 5 - Coleoptera
Title | Edition | Vol | Date | Auth | Pages |
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Buprestidae | Vol 5 Pt 1b | 1977 | Levey, B. | 8 | |
Heteroceridae | Vol 5 Pt 2c | 1973 | Clarke, R.O.S. | 15 | |
Dermestidae and Derodontidae | Vol 5 Pt 3 | 1993 | Peacock, E.R. | 144 | |
Rhizophagidae | Vol 5 Pt 5a | 1977 | Peacock, E.R. | 19 | |
Phalacridae | Vol 5 Pt 5b | 1958 | Thompson, R.T. | 17 | |
Nitidulidae: Meligethinae (Pollen beetles)
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Vol 5 Pt 6a | 1996 | Kirk-Spriggs, A.H. | 157 | |
Coccinellidae and Sphindidae | Vol 5 Pt 7 | 1953 | Pope, R.D. | 12 | |
Meloidae
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Vol 5 Pt 9 | 1954 | Buck, F.D. | 30 | |
Tenebrionidae
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Vol 5 Pt 10 | 1975 | Brendell, M.J.D. | 10 | |
Dung Beetles and Chafers (Scarabaeoidea )
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1st | Vol 5 Pt 11 | 1956 | Britton, E.B. | 29 |
Dung Beetles and Chafers (Scarabaeoidea )
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2nd | Vol 5 Pt 11 | 1986 | Jessop, L | 53 |
Cerambycidae
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Vol 5 Pt 12 | 1952 | Duffy, E.A.J. | 18 | |
Platypodidae
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Vol 5 Pt 15 | 1953 | Duffy, E.A.J. | 20 | |
Apionidae )
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Vol 5 Pt 16 | 1990 | Morris, M.G | 108 | |
Curculionidae: Entiminae (Broad-nosed weevils) | Vol 5 Pt 17a | 1997 | Morris, M.G | 106 | |
Curculionidae: Raymondionyminae - Smicronychinae (True weevils - part 1) | Vol 5 Pt 17b | 2002 | Morris, M.G | 149 | |
Curculionidae: Ceutorhynchinae (True weevils - part 2) | Vol 5 Pt 17c | 2008 | Morris, M.G | 149 | |
Curculioninae, Baridinae, Orobitidinae (True weevils - part 3) | Vol 5 Pt 17d | 2012 | Morris, M.G | 136 | |
British Scraptiidae | Vol 5 Pt 18 | 2009 | Levey, B. | 32 |
Vol : 6 - Hymenoptera
Title | Edition | Vol | Date | Auth | Pages |
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Introduction and key to families | Vol 6 Pt 1 | 1977 | Richards, O.W. | 100 | |
Symphyta (except Tenthredinidae )
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1st | Vol 6 Pt 2a | 1951 | Benson, R.B. | |
Symphyta (except Tenthredinidae )
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2nd | Vol 6 Pt 2a | 1981 | Quinlan, J.; Gauld, I.D. | 67 |
Symphyta section (b)
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Vol 6 Pt 2b | 1951 | Benson, R.B. | 88 | |
Symphyta section (c)
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Vol 6 Pt 2c | 1958 | Benson, R.B. | 114 | |
Bethyloidea-Embolemidae, Bethylidae and Dryinidae | Vol 6 Pt 3a | 1976 | Perkins, J.F. | 38 | |
Sphecoidea (Hymenoptera, Aculeata )
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Vol 6 Pt 3b | 1980 | Richards, O.W. | 118 | |
Formicidae | Vol 6 Pt 3c | 1975 | Bolton, B.; Collingwood, C.A. | 34 | |
Spider wasps (Pompilidae)
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Vol 6 Pt 4 | 1988 | Day, M.C. | ||
Hymenoptera: Cuckoo wasps (Chrysididae) | Vol 6 Pt 5 | 1984 | Morgan, D. | 37 | |
Hymenoptera: The Vespoid Wasps | Vol 6 Pt 6 | 2014 | Archer, M. | 82 |
Vol : 7 - Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea
Title | Edition | Vol | Date | Auth | Pages |
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Pimpline ichneumon-flies (Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae) | Vol 7 Pt 1 | 1988 | Fitton, M. G., M. R. Shaw & I. D. Gauld | 110 | |
Ichneumonidae- key to subfamilies and Ichneumoninae (except Ichneumonini) | Vol 7 Pt 2ai | 1959 | Perkins, J.F. | 116 | |
Lycorininae
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Vol 7 Pt 2aii | 1960 | Perkins, J.F. | 96 | |
Ichneumonidae- Orthopelmatinae and Anomaloninae | Vol 7 Pt 2b | 1977 | Gauld, I.D. & Mitchell, P.A. | 32 | |
The Banchine Wasps (Ichneumonidae: Banchinae) of the British Isles | Vol 7 Pt 4 | 2017 | Brock, J.P. | 150 | |
Classification and Biology of Braconid Wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) | Vol 7 Pt 11 | 1991 | Shaw, M.R.; Huddleston, T. | 126 | |
Ichneumonid Wasps (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae): their Classification and Biology | Vol 7 Pt 12 | 2018 | Broad, G.R.; Shaw, M.R.; Fitton, M.G. | 424 |
Vol : 8 - Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea, Chalcidoidea & Proctotrupoidea
Title | Edition | Vol | Date | Auth | Pages |
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Cynipidae (Cynipinae )
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Vol 8 Pt 1a | 1963 | Eady, R.D. & Quinlan, J. | 81 | |
Cynipoidea-Eucoilidae | Vol 8 Pt 1b | 1978 | Quinlan, J. | 58 | |
Cynipoidea - Charipidae, Ibaliidae & Figitidae | Vol 8 Pt 1c | 1986 | Fergusson, N.D.M. | 55 | |
Chalcidoidea
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Vol 8 Pt 2a | 1968 | Ferriere, C.; Kerrich, G.J. | 40 | |
Elasmidae & Eulophidae
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Vol 8 Pt 2b | 1968 | Askew, R.R. | 39 | |
Proctotrupoidea - Diapriidae (Diapriinae) | Vol 8 Pt 3di | 1980 | Nixon, G.E.J. | 55 | |
Proctotrupoidea - Diapriidae (Belytinae) | Vol 8 Pt 3dii | 1957 | Nixon, G.E.J. | 107 |
Vol : 9 - Diptera: Nematocera & Brachycera
Title | Edition | Vol | Date | Auth | Pages |
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Diptera. Introduction and key to families | 1st | Vol 9 Pt 1 | 1949 | Oldroyd, H. | 49 |
Diptera. Introduction and key to families | 2nd | Vol 9 Pt 1 | 1954 | Oldroyd, H. | 49 |
Diptera. Introduction and key to families | 3rd | Vol 9 Pt 1 | 1970 | Oldroyd, H. | 104 |
Tipulidae to Chironomidae | Vol 9 Pt 2 | 1950 | Coe, R.L, Freeman, P. & Mattingly, P.F. | 216 | |
Mycetophilidae (Bolitophilinae, Ditomyiinae, Diadocidiinae, Keroplatinae, Sciophilinae & Manotinae) | Vol 9 Pt 3 | 1980 | Hutson, A.M.; Ackland, D.M.; Kidd, L.N. | 111 | |
Tabanoidea and Asiloidea | Vol 9 Pt 4 | 1969 | Oldroyd, H. | 132 | |
Dolichopodidae | Vol 9 Pt 5 | 1978 | d'Assis-Fonseca, E.C.M. | 90 | |
Sciarid flies (Sciaridae) | Vol 9 Pt 6 | 1983 | Freeman, P. | 68 | |
Scatopsidae & Bibionidae | Vol 9 Pt 7 | 1985 | Freeman, P.; Lane, R.P | 74 | |
Fungus gnats (Diptera:Mycetophilidae, Mycetophilinae) | Vol 9 Pt 8 | 2022 | Chandler, P. | 398 |
Vol : 10 - Diptera: Cyclorrhapha
Title | Edition | Vol | Date | Auth | Pages |
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Syrphidae | Vol 10 Pt 1 | 1953 | Coe, R.L. | 98 | |
Lonchopteridae | Vol 10 Pt 2ai | 1969 | Smith, K.G.V. | 9 | |
Pipunculidae | Vol 10 Pt 2c | 1966 | Coe, R.L. | 83 | |
Conopidae | Vol 10 Pt 3a | 1969 | Smith, K.G.V. | 19 | |
Calliphoridae
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Vol 10 Pt 4a | 1954 | van Emden, F.I. | 133 | |
Tachinidae | Vol 10 Pt 4ai | 1993 | Belshaw, R. | 170 | |
Muscidae | Vol 10 Pt 4b | 1968 | d'Assis-Fonseca, E.C.M. | 118 | |
Tephritid Flies | Vol 10 Pt 5a | 1988 | White, I. M. | 134 | |
Sepsidae | Vol 10 Pt 5c | 1979 | Pont, A.C. | 35 | |
Lesser dung flies (Sphaeroceridae) | Vol 10 Pt 5e | 1988 | Pitkin, B.R. | 175 | |
Agromyzidae | Vol 10 Pt 5g | 1972 | Spencer, K.A. | 136 | |
Scuttle flies (Phoridae, except Megaselia) | Vol 10 Pt 6 | 1983 | Disney, R.H.L | 81 | |
Keds, flat-flies & bat-flies (Hippoboscidae & Nycteribiidae) | Vol 10 Pt 7 | 1984 | Hutson, A.M | 84 | |
Scuttle-flies (Megaselia) | Vol 10 Pt 8 | 1989 | Disney, R.H.L | 155 | |
Immature stages of British flies | Vol 10 Pt 14 | 1989 | Smith, K.G.V. | 80 | |
British Lonchaeidae | Vol 10 Pt 15 | 2008 | MacGowan & Rotheray | 142 | |
Blow Flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae, Polleniidae, Rhiniidae) | Vol 10 Pt 16 | 2021 | Sivell, Olga | 206 |
Vol : 11 & 12 - Checklists of British Insects
Title | Edition | Vol | Date | Auth | Pages |
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Checklist of British Insects, pt. 1: Small Orders and Hemiptera | Vol 11 Pt 1 | 1964 | Kloet, G.S.; Hincks, W.D. | xv, 119 | |
Checklist: Lepidoptera | Vol 11 Pt 2 | 1972 | Kloet, G.S.; Hincks, W.D | viii, 153 | |
Checklist: Coleoptera and Strepsiptera
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Vol 11 Pt 3 | 1977 | Pope, R.D | xiv, 105 | |
Checklist: Hymenoptera | Vol 11 Pt 4 | 1978 | Kloet, G.S.; Hincks, W.D.; Fitton, M.G. et al. | x, 159. | |
Checklist: Diptera & Siphonaptera
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Vol 11 Pt 5 | 1976 | Kloet, G.S.; Hincks, W.D. | ix, 139 | |
Checklist: Diptera | Vol 12 Pt 1 | 1998 | Chandler, Peter J. | 234 | |
The Staphylinidae (rove beetles) of Britain and Ireland: Part 5. Scaphidiinae, Piestinae, Oxytelinae | Vol 12 Pt 5 | 2009 | Lott, Derek A. | 100 | |
Checklist of the Lepidoptera of the British Isles | Vol 12 Pt 6 | 2013 | Agassiz, David JL. Beavan, Stella D & Heckford, Robert J | 206 | |
The Staphylinidae (rove beetles) of Britain and Ireland: Parts 7 and 8. Oxyporinae, Steninae, Euaesthetinae, Pseudopsinae, Paederinae, Staphylininae | Vol 12 Pt 7-8 | 2011 | Lott, Derek A. | 340 |
Similar publications
Analogous publications exist in other countries. An equivalent identification key, Klucze do oznaczania owadów Polski (‘Keys for the identification of Polish insects’), exists in Poland.[1] In France a multivolume series, Faune de France (‘Fauna of France’), covers the insects among other animal groups.[2]
References
- ^ "POLSKIE TOWARZYSWO ENTOMOLOGICZNE". sparrow.up.poznan.pl. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
- ^ "Faune de France – Fédération Française des Sociétés de Sciences Naturelles" (in French). Retrieved 2023-11-18.