Click beetle identification

[Paul mabbott]

Mark Telfer has made available an up-dated version of Joy's keys to the Elateridae, Eucnemidae and Throscidae (= 'click beetles') along with tips and references. This should be regarded as a beta test version of a key to the British click beetles.

Elateridae, Eucnemidae and Throscidae

[Jason Claxton]

Thanks for that Paul,
They are an often encountered group by me,and now I can start to work them all out.Great stuff, and well done to Mark Telfer for producing the updated keys,much appreciated.cheers.

[Paul mabbott]

Originally Posted by Jason Claxton

Thanks for that Paul,
They are an often encountered group by me,and now I can start to work them all out.Great stuff, and well done to Mark Telfer for producing the updated keys,much appreciated.cheers.

Yes, it's very welcome. Most of the species are fairly straightforward if you have an up-to-date key. My copy of Joy has lots of notes in the margins of the Elateridae section; unfortunately I can't always remember what the notes mean

[Jason Claxton]

"fairly straight foward",that is very encouraging for sure, Paul, as good as it gets.Yes the illegible notes on books thing,sounds familiar ,it is an old charter or something(Along with the odd diagram/sketch),all presumed to be useful for a later date um... I wonder about that.

Cheers Jason

[Fauna]

The site is really comming along now, a must for those interested in Coleoptera... Identifying beetles

While checking out the test key for Ptiliidae i noticed a reference toward an up and coming book Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Vol. 1 by Andrew Duff. Has anyone got any info on this book