Agrilus biguttatus (Fabricius, 1777)
(Oak Jewel Beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAgrilus biguttatus (Oak Jewel Beetle)
GenusAgrilus (a genus of jewel beetles)
FamilyBUPRESTIDAE (jewel beetles)
SuperfamilyBUPRESTOIDEA (jewel beetles)
Series Elateriformia (click beetles and relatives)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Agrilus biguttatus (Oak Jewel Beetle) :
1: Agrilus biguttatus (Oak Jewel Beetle) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
25 Sep 2007 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Tarry spots on living Oak trunk
Image 1: Infected treeImage 2: Infected trunkImage 3: Infected trunk (2)Image 4: Infected trunk - close-upImage 5: Infected trunk - close-up (2)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Cooter, J. & Barclay M.V.L. (eds) 2006 A Coleopterist’s handbook The Amateur Entomolgist, 11, Fourth Edition edition, 439pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Forest Research 2011 Path News Issue 23: Autumn 2011
Forestry Commission England 2016 Pest and diseases symptoms panels .
Gibbs, J. 1999 Dieback of Pedunculate Oak Forestry Commission Information Notes, 22, 6pp, Forestry Commission

Agrilus biguttatus (Oak Jewel Beetle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Agrilus biguttatus (Oak Jewel Beetle)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Agrilus biguttatus (Oak Jewel Beetle)
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