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National Coleoptera recording schemes are organised by the Biological Records Centre (NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Monks Wood, Abbots Ripton, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28 2LS). Their principal aim is to collect records for particular groups of beetles with a view to publishing 'provisional atlases' of national 10-km square dot distribution maps. A list of provisional atlases in print is available from the Publications Section of CEH Monks Wood.
Supplies of record cards, instructions on their completion, a full list of cards, and a synopsis of beetle recording cards and schemes, are available free of charge from the BRC at the above address. The BRC web site also includes a printed form for ordering record cards and a list of national recording schemes with contact names and addresses, the Coleoptera part of which is reproduced here (with corrections for changes of address):
| AQUATIC COLEOPTERA - Water beetles |
, Balfour-Browne Club, 3 Eglington Terrace, Ayr KA7 1JJ |
| CANTHAROIDEA and BUPRESTOIDEA - Soldier beetles, jewel beetles and Glow-worm |
, 57 St David's Hill, St David's, Exeter, Devon EX4 4DW |
| CARABIDAE - Ground beetles |
, c/o RSPB, The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire SG19 2DL |
| CHRYSOMELIDAE and BRUCHIDAE - Leaf beetles |
, International Inst of Entomology, c/o Entomology Department, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD |
| CLEROIDEA, LYMEXYLOIDEA and HETEROMERA |
Roger Key, c/o English Nature, Northminster House, Peterborough PE1 1UA |
| COCCINELLIDAE - Ladybirds |
Michael Majerus, Dept of Genetics, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EH |
CRYPTOPHAGIDAE:
ATOMARIINAE |
Colin Johnson, Dept of Entomology, Manchester Museum, The University, Manchester M13 9PL |
| CURCULIONIDAE (part) - Orthocerous weevils |
Paul Hyman, Luton Museum, Wardown Park, Luton, Bedfordshire LU2 7HA |
| DERMESTOIDEA and BOSTRICHOIDEA |
Barry Constantine, 1 Auchencrow Mains, Reston, Eyemouth, Berwickshire TD14 5LT |
| ELATEROIDEA - Click beetles |
, 22 Harvesters Way, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, Suffolk IP5 7UR |
| PTILIIDAE |
Colin Johnson, Dept of Entomology, Manchester Museum, The University, Manchester M13 9PL |
| SCARABAEOIDEA - Dung beetles |
, Hope Entomological Collections, Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PW |
| SCIRTIDAE |
Jonty Denton, Kingsmead, Wield Road, Medstead, Alton, Hampshire GU34 5NJ |
| SCOLYTIDAE - Bark beetles |
Tim Winter, c/o Entomology Branch, Forest Research Station, Alice Holt Lodge, Wrecclesham, Farnham, Surrey GU10 4LH |
| STAPHYLINIDAE - Rove beetles (except Stenus and Dianous) |
, Dept of Entomology, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD |
| STAPHYLINIDAE - Stenus and Dianous |
Jonty Denton, Kingsmead, Wield Road, Medstead, Alton, Hampshire GU34 5NJ |
Further reading
ALEXANDER, K.N.A. 1992. The Cantharoidea and Buprestoidea Recording Scheme. Coleopterist 1(3): 21.
CONSTANTINE, B. 1994. A review of the superfamilies Dermestoidea and Bostrichoidea, and a plea for records. Coleopterist 2(3): 82.
COX, M.L. 1992. Progress report on the Bruchidae/Chrysomelidae Recording Scheme. Coleopterist 1(1): 18.
COX, M.L. 2000. Progress report on the Bruchidae/Chrysomelidae Recording Scheme. Coleopterist 9(2): 65.
EVERSHAM, B.C. & HARDING, P.T. 1996. Coleoptera recording schemes update. Coleopterist 5(1): 13-18.
MAJERUS, M.E.N. 1992. Coccinellidae recording schemes. Coleopterist 1(1): 24.
TELFER, M.G. 1998. Ground Beetle (Carabidae) Recording Scheme news. Coleopterist 7(2): 66.
Last updated: 02 December 2003
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