KEYS TO CANARY ISLANDS COLEOPTERA

See below available PDFs

[ IN PROGRESS ]

These keys have been compiled from those available from other authors, if any, adapting them to the fauna of the Canary Islands and complementing or substituting them as necessary. Practical criteria have prevailed over systematic ones (kinship relationships), so they must be used with due caution. Taxa hitherto uncited for the Canary Islands may end up being determined as what they are not, although some specific characters have been included in the hope of avoiding this.
The families recognised basically follow the taxonomic scheme adopted in the Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, although the respective family keys are numbered in alphabetical order. Obviously, this is an ambitious and long-term project, and I am afraid that for the moment it will only be available in Spanish. The PDF files will be posted on this website as they are completed (with the date of edition to reflect the latest update).

Feel free to download and use these keys. If you find any errors in the texts or images, if you miss any species, or if you wish to make any suggestions, please do not hesitate to write to me at antonio.machado@telefonica.net.

Special recognition goes to my dear colleagues Prof. Dr Pedro Oromí, Rafael García and Robero Valle who are testing the keys and providing timely comments.

ALERT – If you are interested in receiving a message every time I add or update a family, send me an email with the subject “Keys to Canarian coleoptera”, and just say “I am interested” The keys are only in Spanish.
My email: antonio.machado@telefonica.net.

MACHADO, A. (2023-2024). Coleópteros de Canarias. Claves de identificación.
www.antoniomachado.net/activities/entomology/keys/ (date consulted)