Clytus arietis (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Wasp Beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesClytus arietis (Wasp Beetle)
SubfamilyCERAMBYCINAE (a subfamily of longhorn beetles)
FamilyCERAMBYCIDAE (longhorn beetles)
SuperfamilyCHRYSOMELOIDEA (leaf, longhorn and seed beetles)
Series Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
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 Clytus arietis (Wasp Beetle) :
1: Clytus arietis (Wasp Beetle)
30 Apr 2011 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Dorsal view - enlargedImage 2: Dorsal view - enlarged (2)Image 3: Dorsal view - enlarged (3)Image 4: Dorsal view - enlarged (4)Image 5: Dorso-lateral view - enlarged
2: Clytus arietis (Wasp Beetle)
29 Jun 2006 OSGR: TQ31 50° 50’ N, 0° 0’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
With head buried into Creeping Thistle flowers
Image 1: Dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 2: Dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 3: Dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 4: Dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (4)Image 5: Dorso-lateral view - close-up - enlargedImage 6: Lateral view - close-up - enlargedImage 7: Latero-dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 8: Latero-dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 9: Postero-dorsal view - close-up - enlarged
3: Clytus arietis (Wasp Beetle)
3 Jun 2000 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
On Broad-leaved Dock leaf
Image 1: Dorsal viewImage 2: Dorsal view (2)
4: Clytus arietis (Wasp Beetle)
26 May 1975 OSGR: TQ11 50° 50’ N, 0° 20’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
Image 1: Anterior view - close-up - enlargedImage 2: Anterior view - enlargedImage 3: Anterodorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 4: Anterodorsal view - close-up - enlarged (2)
5: Clytus arietis (Wasp Beetle)
14 Jul 1968 OSGR: TQ21 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
on Hogweed
Image 1: Dorsal - close-up - enlarged

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

Clytus arietis (Wasp Beetle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Clytus arietis (Wasp Beetle)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Clytus arietis (Wasp Beetle)
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