Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Volume 4 Cerambycidae to Curculionidae

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Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Volume 4 covers the phytophagous (plant-feeding) beetles in the superfamilies Chrysomeloidea and Curculionoidea, including the familiar and popular longhorn beetles, seed and leaf beetles, weevils and bark beetles.... Show more

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Product description

Author	Andrew G. Duff
Language	English
ISBN	9781917154222
Publisher	Field Studies Council (FSC)
Pages	623
Size	17.5 cm x 25 cm
Format	Hardcover
Images	B/w illustrations, 59 colour plates
Year published	2026

Since the publication of volume 1 in 2012, Andrew Duff’s Beetles of Britain and Ireland series has become the definitive beetle fauna for Britain and Ireland. It is the first comprehensive account since Joy’s A Practical Handbook of British Beetles, published in 1932.

Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Volume 4 Cerambycidae to Curculionidae, is a 2026 reprint of the 2016 edition with minor amendments. The Field Studies Council has taken on the publishing of his series.

Volume 4 covers the phytophagous (plant-feeding) beetles in the superfamilies Chrysomeloidea and Curculionoidea, including the familiar and popular longhorn beetles, seed and leaf beetles, weevils and bark beetles. It includes:

Keys to 983 species in 14 families, with family and genus introductions
Detailed species notes including supporting characters, habitat, phenology, distribution and abundance
Chapters on the seed and leaf beetles, and their allies, are provided by the expert guest author Michael Cox
59 colour plates with 348 photographs of selected species

Families in this volume:
Cerambycidae (longhorn beetles)
Megalopodidae (megalopodid leaf beetles)
Orsodacnidae (orsodacnid leaf beetles)
Chrysomelidae (seed and leaf beetles)
Nemonychidae (pollen weevils)
Anthribidae (fungus weevils)
Rhynchitidae (tooth-nosed snout weevils)
Attelabidae (leaf-rolling weevils)
Apionidae (apionid weevils)
Nanophyidae (nanophyid weevils)
Dryophthoridae (dryophthorid weevils)
Erirhinidae (erirhinid weevils)
Raymondionymidae (blind weevils)
Curculionidae (true weevils, bark beetles, and pinhole borers)