Coleoptera larvae

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British Coleoptera larvae : a guide to the families and major subfamilies

Maxwell V. L. BARCLAY & Beulah GARNER

Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom; e-mail: [e-mail]

In August 2019, a 280-page guide and identification key to the larvae of the families and major subfamilies of British Coleoptera was published by the Royal Entomological Society. Although the British fauna is impoverished at the species level, 103 families are present, so this guide is likely to be useful anywhere in the northern hemisphere at least. I will discuss the history of this work, initiated by and dedicated to Fritz van Emden (1898–1958) and completed over a period of 40 years by a team of six authors and editors.

HAMMOND P. M., MARSHALL J. E., COX M. L., JESSOP L., GAR- NER B. H. & BARCLAY M. V. L. 2019: British Coleoptera Larvae. A guide to the families and major subfamilies. Royal Entomological Society, St. Albans, 280 pp.