15th May 2012: Added Eric Philp, Simon Davey and Danny Widerscope to the pan-species list rankings. Also a major upgrade to the pan-species pages to make future updates easier, thanks to Simon Mustoe of Wildiaries.
14th May 2012: Added a blogroll of blogs by pan-species listers and entomologists: knowledge, beauty, humour, inspiration … and lists! Scroll down a bit, on the left.
3rd May 2012: Web-spinner blog now updated: the specimen is now identified as Haploembia solieri.
29th April 2012: Page added on aleocharine staphylinids with a few basic ID tips … it’s a start!.
29th April 2012: Byrrhidae (Pill Beetles) keys updated with the addition of photos of the 4 Byrrhus species.
29th April 2012: Lycidae (Net-winged Beetles) page added.
29th April 2012: Drilidae (Drilus flavescens) page added.
29th April 2012: Meloidae (Oil Beetles and allies) page added.
29th April 2012: Tetratomidae page added.
29th April 2012: Erotylidae page added.
28th April 2012: Pyrochroidae (Cardinal Beetle) page added.
28th April 2012: Bark beetle (Scolytinae) and pinhole-borer (Platypodidae) page added.
28th April 2012: Weevil page added covering all Curculionoidea apart from the bark beetles (Scolytinae) and pinhole-borers (Platypodidae).
28th April 2012: Aderidae page added with new records of Vanonus brevicornis and tips for finding it.
25th April 2012: Scotty Dodd (7th), Richard Wesley (17th) and Stephen Howarth (25th) join the pan-species rankings. Updated totals for several other folk.
21st March 2012: Penny and Dave Green join the pan-species rankings, tied in 21st place. They’ve both written great articles on their lives as naturalists, recorders, conservationists, and pan-species listers: here’s Penny’s and here’s Dave’s.
7th March 2012: Broken link to the Patrobus guide now repaired.
4th March 2012: Six photographic ID guides to carabids now available to download directly plus three brand new carabid ID guides: Asaphidion, Poecilus and Patrobus.
4th March 2012: All the gen you’d need to rediscover Agonum chalconotum on the Clyde: anybody fancy a shot at glory?
11th February 2012: Tachyporinae (Staphylinidae) page: minor updates to keys, including mention of the 2 species of Mycetoporus recently added to the British list.
11th February 2012: Byrrhidae page updated with a new version of the key.
11th February 2012: Mordellidae page updated with a new version of the ID guide to neuwaldeggiana, humeralis and variegata, and a new table of ID sources.
11th February 2012: Dave Gibbs (2nd) and myself (3rd) updated in the pan-species list rankings.
3rd February 2012: Neil Fletcher (18th) joins the pan-species list rankings. Graeme, Steve and Skev updated.
27th January 2012: Corylophidae page added, including a key to the two British species of Sericoderus.
24th January 2012: John Coldwell (6th) and Stewart Sexton (21st) join the pan-species list rankings.
9th January 2012: Nicola Bacciu (9th), Matt Prince (10th) and Graham French (18th) join the pan-species list rankings.
7th January 2012: Byrrhidae (Pill Beetles): minor update of keys to version 2.
5th January 2012: Harpalus calceatus photo added.
2nd January 2012: Jon Cooter has posted some valuable advice on laurel bottles for storing and relaxing beetle specimens.
2nd January 2012: Jeff Blincow joins the pan-species list rankings.
31st December 2011: Added a review of British records of Harpalus calceatus (Carabidae).
31st December 2011: Tony Davis and Clive Washington join the pan-species list rankings.
31st December 2011: Byrrhidae (Pill Beetles) page added.
22nd December 2011: Sami Webster and James Harding-Morris join the pan-species list rankings.
15th December 2011: Cerambycidae (Longhorn Beetles) page added.
15th December 2011: Buprestidae (Jewel Beetles) page updated with help from Keith Alexander.
11th December 2011: Buprestidae (Jewel Beetles) page added.
10th December 2011: Sandwich Bay Coleopterists’ Meeting 2012: first announcement.
10th December 2011: Pan-species list update for Josh Jenkins-Shaw.
6th December 2011: Lampyridae (Glow-worms) page added.
29th November 2011: How to get your pan-species list and a breakdown by taxonomic groups out of MapMate: user guide added.
27th November 2011: Pan-species list updates for me, Graeme, Martin, Sarah, Steve and Seth: here.
17th November 2011: Mark Skevington joins the pan-species listing rankings. Updated lists for Jonty, Graeme, Jon, Steve and Seth: here.
7th November 2011: On the Cantharidae (Soldier Beetles) page there’s a new, updated Field Key to Soldier Beetles available for download thanks to Martin Harvey and Keith Alexander.
4th November 2011: Subterranean pitfall trapping for beetles page added.
10th October 2011: Cantharidae (Soldier Beetles) page added.
30th July 2011: Stuart Dunlop joins the pan-species listing rankings.
27th July 2011: Version 2 of the ID guide to Mordellistena humeralis and its two allies added to the Mordellidae page.
21st July 2011: ID guide to Mordellistena humeralis and its two allies added to the Mordellidae page.
19th July 2011: Carabid Crib updated to version 10 thanks to info from Clive Washington, Andrew Duff, Peter Hodge, Neil Fletcher and Dave Murray.
18th July 2011: Water-beetle (Haliplidae) test keys added.
12th June 2011: Pan-species listing pages updated, and John Palmer, Jonathan Newman, Seth Gibson and Robert Smith join the rankings.
12th June 2011: Ciidae (ciid beetles) page added.
12th June 2011: Staphylinidae pages updated following the publication of the new RES Handbook by Derek Lott and Roy Anderson.
29th May 2011: Click keys updated with an improved couplet on Adrastus/Agriotes thanks to Jim Jobe, plus a reference to AA Allen’s 1968 paper on Eucnemidae.
29th May 2011: Jonty’s pan-species list breaks 10,000. Updated the pan-species listing pages and rankings. Added the rules.
22nd Mar 2011: Major update to my pan-species list, now over 6,000.
9th Mar 2011: Clive Washington describes a new improved hooked pin.
7th Mar 2011: Mordellidae (Tumbling Flower-beetles) page added.
2nd Mar 2011: Good tip from Clive Washington for holding beetles under the microscope (see Comments).
13th Feb 2011: Carabid crib updated to version 8 with minor corrections.
13th Feb 2011: Sarah Patton joins the pan-species list rankings.
7th Feb 2011: Josh Jenkins-Shaw joins the pan-species list rankings.
22nd Jan 2011: Water-beetle (Gyrinidae, Noteridae and Paelobiidae) test keys added.
22nd Jan 2011: Dermestidae (hide, larder and carpet beetles) page added
22nd Jan 2011: Carabid crib updated to version 7 with additions on Patrobus, Oxypselaphus, Paranchus and Harpalus.
22nd Jan 2011: Listing pages thoroughly updated.
9th Jan 2011: A really good overview of the Suborders, Superfamilies and Families of British beetles added thanks to Trevor James.
9th Jan 2011: Test keys to the Ptiliidae (featherwing beetles) added.
9th Jan 2011: Techniques for studying beetles pages restructured and updated including some excellent advice from James McGill and tips on dissecting ptiliids and corylophids.
2nd Jan 2011: Derek Lott’s test keys to Philonthus added, completing the Staphylininae test keys
30th Nov 2010: Updated this posting: “Mystery Malthodes new to Britain?”
26th Oct 2010: Carabid crib updated to version 6 (sorting out Lebia cyanocephala and my numbering error in v5 with Bembidion saxatile and B. decorum).
23rd Oct 2010: Derek Lott’s test keys to Gabrius added
11th Oct 2010: Derek Lott’s test keys to Bisnius and Phacophallus added
19th Sept 2010: a new entrant at 7th in the All-taxa List rankings!
19th Sept 2010: Carabid crib updated to version 5 (sorting out problems with Bembidion saxatile and B. decorum).
19th Sept 2010: Derek Lott’s test keys to Erichsonius and Neobisnius added. Test key to genera of Staphylininae updated to v3.
26th Aug 2010: a new entrant at 6th in the All-taxa List rankings!
22nd Aug 2010: Carabid Crib updated to v4.
22nd Aug 2010: Derek Lott’s test keys to Ontholestes, Platydracus, Tasgius and Cafius added. Test key to Ocypus and Tasgius updated to v3.
26th July 2010: Derek Lott’s test keys to Ocypus and Tasgius added.
26th July 2010: Updated the click beetle key, now on version 1.3.
21st July 2010: Derek Lott’s test keys to Quedius and Heterothops added – sorry for the wait!
6th June 2010: Tachyporinae, Habrocerinae, Trichophyinae and Phloeocharinae (Staphylinidae) page added, with keys.
30th May 2010: Added a ‘What’s New?’ column!
30th May 2010: The ‘immaculate’ carabid collection that John Walters and I have assembled.
29th May 2010: Derek Lott’s test key to Othius (Staphylininae).
29th May 2010: Do you need Joy?: my thoughts on Norman H. Joy’s legacy to British beetle studies, the current usefulness of his Practical Handbook, and the copyright situation.
29th May 2010: Updated the Click Beetle page to link to a new page on Joy’s abbreviations and conventions (to help people use Joy’s keys).