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26-03-2010, 09:05 AM
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| | | hymenopetera key ?
hi all, the seasons underway and the hymenoptera are giving me a headache already. I understand there's no book on these but I'm wondering if there's a key to the families out there somewhere. I think getting them to species level is beyond me but I'd like to know them better.
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26-03-2010, 09:52 AM
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| | | Re: hymenopetera key ?
ametsoc.org other wise known as Amateur Entomologists' Society states 6.700 species in Great Britain with 100,000 world wild.Thats a very big head ache to sort out..... 
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26-03-2010, 10:55 AM
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| | | Re: hymenopetera key ?
I don't know about internet resources but I think the best introduction to all of the British Hymenoptera is The Hymenoptera, Ed. Ian Gauld and Barry Bolton ISBN 0198585217. It includes bees, ants, "parasitica" etc. It has good keys to family - so for Chalcidoidea you can get to Torymidae, Eurytomidae, Pteromalidae etc. For Ichneumonoidea to Ichneumonidae and Braconidae. But that still leaves you a long way to go to get to species! Good luck! |
26-03-2010, 01:23 PM
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| | | Re: hymenopetera key ?
I have a few resources which can be helpful, wing venation is a useful tool to put many wasps into a family.
These sites are useful.. Hymenoptera Hymenoptera (wing venation)
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26-03-2010, 01:39 PM
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Willmer (1985) Bees, Ants and Wasps - the British Aculeates
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26-03-2010, 07:19 PM
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| | | Re: hymenopetera key ?
Some more excellent sites for me to bookmark, Janet.
I found the ID keys in the Bees of Surrey (Baldock) book to be useful. Admittedly, quite a lot of the book isn't applicable to those of us who live elsewhere, but there is still a lot of helpful information there. | | |
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