Beetles of Britain and Ireland
Volume 4: Cerambycidae to Curculionidae
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.
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
This is a 2026 reprint of the 2016 edition with minor amendments.
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)
