British Soldierflies and Their Allies

British Soldierflies and Their Allies
Cover
The cover of the first edition
AuthorAlan E. Stubbs, Martin Drake
IllustratorDavid Wilson
LanguageEnglish
PublisherBritish Entomological and Natural History Society
Publication date
2001
Publication placeU.K.
Media typePrint (Hardback)
Pages528
ISBN978-1899935048

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.

  1. ^ a b "British Soldierflies and their Allies". www.nhbs.com. Dec 2001. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  2. ^ "British Soldierflies and their Allies". www.nhbs.com. Oct 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2018.