British Soldierflies and Their Allies
- British Soldierflies and Their Allies
"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.
It is a sequel to an earlier volume, "", 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.
ee also
* List of soldierflies and allies recorded in Britain
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