Coleoptera of Europe 1: Latridiidae, Merophysidae and Dasyceridae

Description:

This new series will provide brief, concise identification guides to all European Coleoptera, and is intended both for professional and amateur entomologists. Volumes will appear at the rate of approximately 1 per year and each will treat a systematic unit comprising about 150-500 species. The geographical area covered will include Europe west of the former USSR, but including Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia. Species descriptions: Name; Original reference to all available nominal names (valid name and synonyms); Differential diagnosis based on external features, including detail figures where necessary; Genitalia of male and female of all species illustrated with line drawings or black and white photographs; arrows may show diagnostic features; a differential diagnosis may be provided when useful: Distribution in short summary form of the total distribution, also outside the area treated. The distribution in Europe will be presented in a table indication the presence in each of the European national states and the major Mediterranean Islands Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily and Crete; Bionomics in a short paragraph giving information on food, phenology, feeding pattern, larval description etc. where known.