Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Genus Altica


Coleoptera species pages developed for the GSMNP project
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i'm grateful LSAM folks have saved this precious part of the defunct GSMNP Project website.
what a great resource that was! don't get me started...

Gimmel M.L., Carlton C.E. (2011) Checklist of the Coleoptera of Louisiana
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Coleoptera Poloniae
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this reliable major source provides important information on European beetles, often unavailable elsewhere on the web

Atlas of beetles of Russia
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high-res images of hundreds of Palaearctic species

Köhler F., ed. (2000-2011) The beetle gallery
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a rich and fast growing collection of photographs of European beetles

Cline A.R., Ivie M.A., Bellamy C.L., Scher J. (2009-2011) Wood boring beetle families
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Well-illustrated fact sheets on 9 beetle families, emphasizing pest status; interactive keys to genera under development.

Bousquet Y., ed. (1991) Checklist of the beetles of Canada and Alaska
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NB: Use updated version(1)

Benisch C. (2007-) kerbtier.de – Beetle fauna of Germany
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This impeccably designed, user-friendliest online photo guide is run by a formidable beetle enthusiast who only includes photos of specimens captured by himself. This extremely helpful source shows species thumbnails (backed by excellent high-res pix) of each family as a single plate, which offers the user a perfect idea of what the members of the group look like. Highly recommended to anyone remotely interested in beetles. Browse it often, folks!