Curtonotus aulicus (Panzer, 1796)
(a ground beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCurtonotus aulicus (a ground beetle)
GenusCurtonotus (a genus of ground beetles)
SubfamilyCARABINAE (a subfamily of ground beetles)
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 Curtonotus aulicus (a ground beetle) :
1: Curtonotus aulicus (a ground beetle)
15 Jul 2012 OSGR: SD97 54° 10’ N, 2° 10’ W Vice County: Mid-west Yorks (VC 64) England
2 carabids in seed head of Melancholy Thstle
Image 1: Adult - dorsal view - enlarged - pale backgroundImage 2: Adult - head and thoax - dorsal view - enlarged - pale backgroundImage 3: Adult - hind tarsus - postero-dorsal view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 4: Adult - elytral bases - dorsal view - microscope low magnificationImage 5: Adult - elytral microsculpture - microscope low magnification

Curtonotus aulicus (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 Curtonotus aulicus (a ground beetle)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Curtonotus aulicus (a ground beetle)
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