DASCILLIDAE Guérin-Méneville, 1843 (1834)
(orchid beetles)

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Dascillus cervinus
Orchid Beetle
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 		Species 37 images 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyDASCILLIDAE (orchid beetles)
SuperfamilyDASCILLOIDEA (orchid 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

Larvae

van Emden, F.I. 1943 Larvae of British Beetles IV: Various small families EMM 79: 263 Ent. Mon. Mag. 78-9: 209-223.

DASCILLIDAE (orchid beetles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for DASCILLIDAE (orchid beetles)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for DASCILLIDAE (orchid beetles)
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