Insecta Britannica Diptera
Insecta Britannica Diptera is a seminal work of entomology by Francis Walker. The work spans three volumes; a fourth volume was never published. Parts of the work were credited by Walker to Alexander Henry Haliday, including the characters and synoptic tables of the Empididae, Syrphidae, and Dolichopodidae[1] and addenda and corrigenda intended for volume 4.[2]
The dating of Insecta Britannica Diptera
The precise dates of early entomological publications are frequently hard to establish.
- Volume 1: The preface is dated December 1851.
- Volume 2: Putatively dated 1853.
- Volume 3: An advertisement bound at the back of the volume is dated 31 March, 1856.
References
- ↑ Walker, Francis (1851). Insecta Britannica Diptera 1. London: Reeve and Benham. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
- ↑ Walker, Francis (1856). Insecta Britannica Diptera 3. London: Reeve and Benham. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
External links
A digitized version of the work can be found at the Internet Archive: