IDENTIFICATION KEYS:
Foster, GN & Friday, LE (2011). Keys to the adults of the water beetles of Britain and Ireland (Part 1). Handbooks for the Identification of British insects vol.4 part5 (2nd Ed). Royal Entomological Society and Field Studies Council. ISBN 978 0 901546 93 7.
Foster, GN, Bilton, DT, & Friday LE (2011). Keys to the adults of the water beetles of Britain and Ireland (Part 2). Handbooks for the Identification of British insects vol.4 part5b). Royal Entomological Society and Field Studies Council. ISBN 978 0 901546 97 5.
The two richly illustrated books above are indispensible for those who want accurate species identification of the waterbeetles in Britain and Ireland, but they are also useful for a large part of Europe.
A key for the Netherlands, in Dutch language:
Drost, M.B.P.,Cuppen H.P.J.J.,Van Nieukerken, E.J. & Schreijer, M. (red) (1992) De
waterkevers van Nederland. - Publisher: K.N.N.V. - Utrecht
Galewski, K., (1984). "Diagnostic characters of the first stage larvae of the
Central European species of Agabus Leach (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae)" Annales Zoologici
Tom 38 nr 12 - Warszawa, 15 sep 1984 Polska Akademia Nauk Instytut Zoologii
Retrieved 13-04-2022 from:
https://rcin.org.pl/miiz/Content/58030/PDF/WA058_72950_P255-T40_%20Annal-Zool-Nr-8.pdf
ETYMOLOGY:
Schenkling,S., (1917) "Erklärung der wissenschaftlichen Käfernamen aus Reitter's
Fauna Germanica" Stuttgart: K.G. Lutz, 1917, S. 35-81.
retrieved 19 feb 2024 from: http://www.zeno.org/nid/20008008027
Nilsson,A., (2010) "All diving beetle specific and subspecific names explained"
Skörvnöpparn, Insekter I Norr, Supplement 1, 2010, 1-42, Umeå University
retrieved 19 feb 2024 from:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265254408_All_diving_beetle_specific_and_subspecific_names_explained
OTHER SOURCES:
Old but great (German language):
Wesenberg Lund,C. (1943) "Coleoptera (Käfer)" Biologie der
Süsswasserinsekten p. 249-378 Publisher: Verlag J. Springer, Berlin-Vienna 1943