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to: When the original edition of British Hoverflies was published in 1983, it established a popular style of user-friendly identification keys that resulted in many more people taking an interest in these colourful and attractive insects. This second edition retains the layout and approach of the original but it also includes much additional information about the family as a whole, as well as extended and revised species accounts. Revised by Stuart Ball, Alan Stubbs, Ian McLean, Roger Morris, Steven Falk and Roger Hawkins, the new edition includes all 276 species known from Britain, compared with 256 in the first edition. The keys and text have been updated extensively to take account of our increased knowledge of hoverflies, and some species from continental Europe that might be expected to occur here are described in the keys and species accounts.
The second edition comprises 469 pages, including the 12 widely-acclaimed, original colour plates by Steven Falk, as well as 17 new detailed black and white plates of Cheilosia genitalia (by Steven Falk) and Sphaerophoria genitalia (by Stuart Ball). The summaries of the distribution of species and their flight periods have been updated following the publication of the Provisional Atlas of British Hoverflies in 2000. A check list of all British species gives the current nomenclature for the family, while a bibliography of over 800 references facilitates access to much of the, published literature on hoverflies. This new edition will appeal both to experienced dipterists and to those starting to study flies for the first time. Published by the British Entomological and Natural History Society, November 2002
Copies of British Hoverflies will be available, post free, at the BENHS Annual Exhibition and at the Dipterists' Forum Annual Meeting, each year.
Including Bee-flies, Horseflies, Robberflies, Snipeflies and
Stiletto-flies. The families represented are: Acroceridae,
Asilidae, Athericidae, Bombyliidae, Rhagionidae, Scenopinidae,
Stratiomyidae, Tabanidae, Therevidae, Xylomyidae and Xylophagidae.
This comprehensive publication draws together much previously dispersed
information and contains considerable original work. The British fauna
is a remarkable assemblage of extraordinary and fascinating species,
which are varied in both their appearance and life styles. Many species
are of conservation significance, being associated with vulnerable and
scarce micro-habitats.
The book includes well-illustrated keys to the adults of all 162
British species, and to the larvae and pupae of several families. Each
species has an account of its ecology and natural history,
incorporating much new information on the ecology and behaviour of
these fascinating flies. Colour plates depict adults of most species,
taken by a leading photographer of insect specimens, with an additional
colour plate showing eye patterns of horseflies. This hardback book
comprises 528 pages, with 18 colour plates of the adult flies and two
of their early stages, as well as numerous line drawings alongside the
keys and on plates depicting important identification features.
This book is packed with information, much of it previously unpublished. It contains life histories of almost all of the 1500 species recorded from the British Isles. There is also an index of food plants which refers the reader to all species known to feed on each plant: this makes it possible quickly to identify larvae found to narrow the choice to a small number of species. The second edition follows closely the format of its predecessor. The nomenclature has been brought up to date and over 35 species added to the list since the first edition (1979) are included. Much more information about the life histories is incorporated.
There are over 650 British beetles not included in Norman Joy's "Practical Handbook of British beetles". Some of these are new arrivals from the Continent or farther afield. Several formerly rare species have recently increased and some doubtful species have been confirmed as occurring, or having once occurred, in Britain. Others have been confused with other species or overlooked and many groups have undergone taxonomic revision. "New British Beetles" puts these changes into perspective, and offers the British coleopterist a new look at Joy's book, a reference to the current British fauna and the changes that have taken place.
This comprehensive history documents the formation of the then South London Entomological and Natural History Society in 1872 and the expansion and changes during the next 100 years.
The results of a survey of the plants and animals of the gardens 1960-63 including all orders of insects and recording Monochroa hornigi discovered there new to Britain.
This special supplement to the Journal contains 7 articles on invertebrate recording, site evaluation, monitoring countryside changes and invertebrate recording schemes.
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Back numbers are available of most issues since 1945 of the British Journal of Entomology and Natural History and of the predecessor publications (Proceedings and Transactions of the BENHS and of the South London Entomological and Natural History Society). For details and prices, please write to the Sales Secretary (address below) enclosing a stamped self-addressed envelope at least 100mm x 225 mm.
In addition offprints of recent papers of particular interest are available as follows:
Notes on the natural history, distribution and identification of
British
reed beetles (Col.: Chrysomelidae) by L.S.Menzies and M.L.Cox,
26 pages,
2 colour plates, originally published Br.J.Ent.Nat.Hist. 1996;
9:137-162.
Price £4.00 plus postage £0.40 UK, £1.00 overseas.
A review of the British Opomyzidae (Dip.) by C.M.Drake, 18
pages,
many figs., originally published Br.J.Ent.Nat.Hist. 1993; 6: 159-176
Price £2-00
plus postage £0.40 UK, £1.00 overseas.
Also available;
Examples of BENHS Seasonal and Christmas cards
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