![]() The cover of the first edition | |
Author | Alan E. Stubbs, Martin Drake |
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Illustrator | David Wilson |
Language | English |
Publisher | British Entomological and Natural History Society |
Publication date | 2001 |
Publication place | U.K. |
Media type | Print ( Hardback) |
Pages | 528 |
ISBN | 978-1899935048 |
British Soldierflies and their allies (an illustrated guide to their identification and ecology) is a book by Alan E. Stubbs and Martin Drake, published by the British Entomological and Natural History Society in 2001. [1] A second edition was published in 2014. [2]
It is a sequel to an earlier volume, British Hoverflies: an identification guide, [1] and covers the following families of flies, which collectively are known as the " Larger Brachycera": Acroceridae, Asilidae, Athericidae, Bombyliidae, Rhagionidae, Scenopinidae, Stratiomyidae, Tabanidae, Therevidae, Xylomyidae and Xylophagidae.
The book introduced English names for all included species, the first time this has been done in a scientific reference work for a whole group of flies.
It contains a set of photographic plates by David Wilson.
![]() The cover of the first edition | |
Author | Alan E. Stubbs, Martin Drake |
---|---|
Illustrator | David Wilson |
Language | English |
Publisher | British Entomological and Natural History Society |
Publication date | 2001 |
Publication place | U.K. |
Media type | Print ( Hardback) |
Pages | 528 |
ISBN | 978-1899935048 |
British Soldierflies and their allies (an illustrated guide to their identification and ecology) is a book by Alan E. Stubbs and Martin Drake, published by the British Entomological and Natural History Society in 2001. [1] A second edition was published in 2014. [2]
It is a sequel to an earlier volume, British Hoverflies: an identification guide, [1] and covers the following families of flies, which collectively are known as the " Larger Brachycera": Acroceridae, Asilidae, Athericidae, Bombyliidae, Rhagionidae, Scenopinidae, Stratiomyidae, Tabanidae, Therevidae, Xylomyidae and Xylophagidae.
The book introduced English names for all included species, the first time this has been done in a scientific reference work for a whole group of flies.
It contains a set of photographic plates by David Wilson.