Byrrhus Linnaeus, 1767
(a genus of pill beetles)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
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ID refs
Byrrhus fasciatus
Banded Pill-beetle
Species 1 ident. refs
Byrrhus pilula
Pill Beetle
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 		Species 12 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusByrrhus (a genus of pill beetles)
FamilyBYRRHIDAE (pill beetles)
SuperfamilyBYRRHOIDEA (a superfamily of 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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Johnson, C. 1966 The British species of the genus Byrrhus L., including B. arietinus Steffahny (Col., Byrrhidae) new to the British list Ent. Mon. Mag. 101: 111-115.

Byrrhus (a genus of pill beetles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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