''Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects'' is a series of books produced by
the Royal Entomological Society (RES). The aim of the Handbooks is to provide illustrated identification keys to the insects of Britain, together with concise morphological, biological and distributional information. The series also includes several Check Lists of British Insects. All books contain line drawings, with the most recent volumes including colour photographs. In recent years, new volumes in the series have been published by
Field Studies Council
Field Studies Council is an educational charity based in the UK, which offers opportunities for people to learn about and engage with the outdoors.
History
It was established as the Council for the Promotion of Field Studies in 1943 with the ...
, and benefit from association with the
AIDGAP identification guides and
Synopses of the British Fauna.
Full list of titles
Vol : 1 - Small Orders
Vol : 2 - Hemiptera
Vol : 4 - Coleoptera
Vol : 5 - Coleoptera
Vol : 6 - Hymenoptera
Vol : 7 - Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea
Vol : 8 - Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea, Chalcidoidea & Proctotrupoidea
Vol : 9 - Diptera: Nematocera & Brachycera
Vol : 10 - Diptera: Cyclorrhapha
Vol : 11 & 12 - Checklists of British Insects
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, Checklist of British Insects, pt. 1: Small Orders and
Hemiptera
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, Vol 11 Pt 1
, 1964
, Kloet, G.S.; Hincks, W.D.
, xv, 119
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, Checklist:
Lepidoptera
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, Vol 11 Pt 2
, 1972
, Kloet, G.S.; Hincks, W.D
, viii, 153
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, Checklist:
Coleoptera and
Strepsiptera
The Strepsiptera are an order of insects with eleven extant families that include about 600 described species. They are endoparasites in other insects, such as bees, wasps, leafhoppers, silverfish, and cockroaches. Females of most species never ...
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, Vol 11 Pt 3
, 1977
, Pope, R.D
, xiv, 105
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, Checklist: Hymenoptera
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, Vol 11 Pt 4
, 1978
, Kloet, G.S.; Hincks, W.D.; Fitton, M.G. et al.
, x, 159.
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, Checklist: Diptera &
Siphonaptera
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, Vol 11 Pt 5
, 1976
, Kloet, G.S.; Hincks, W.D.
, ix, 139
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, Checklist: Diptera
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, Vol 12 Pt 1
, 1998
, Chandler, Peter J.
, 234
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, The Staphylinidae (rove beetles) of Britain and Ireland: Part 5. Scaphidiinae, Piestinae, Oxytelinae
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, Vol 12 Pt 5
, 2009
, Lott, Derek A.
, 100
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, Checklist of the Lepidoptera of the British Isles
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, Vol 12 Pt 6
, 2013
, Agassiz, David JL. Beavan, Stella D & Heckford, Robert J
, 206
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, The Staphylinidae (rove beetles) of Britain and Ireland: Parts 7 and 8. Oxyporinae, Steninae, Euaesthetinae, Pseudopsinae, Paederinae, Staphylininae
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, Vol 12 Pt 7-8
, 2011
, Lott, Derek A.
, 340
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External links
Handbooks - Royal Entomological Society
Out of print handbooks - Royal Entomological Society(free to download)
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