Anchomenus dorsalis (Pontoppidan, 1763)
(a ground beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAnchomenus dorsalis (a ground beetle)
FamilyCARABIDAE (ground beetles, tiger beetles)
SuborderADEPHAGA (water and ground 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 Anchomenus dorsalis (a ground beetle) :
1: Anchomenus dorsalis (a ground beetle)
6 Apr 1974 OSGR: SE64 53° 60’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: South-east Yorks (VC 61) England
under stones
Image 1: Anterodorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 2: Dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 3: Dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 4: Posterodorsal view - close-up - enlarged

Anchomenus dorsalis (a ground beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Anchomenus dorsalis (a ground beetle)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Anchomenus dorsalis (a ground beetle)
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