Elaphrus riparius (Linnaeus, 1758)
(a ground beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Elaphrus riparius (a ground beetle)
Genus	Elaphrus (a genus of ground beetles)
Subfamily	ELAPHRINAE (a subfamily of ground beetles)
Family	CARABIDAE (ground beetles, tiger beetles)
Suborder	ADEPHAGA (water and ground beetles)
Order	COLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Elaphrus riparius is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Records of Elaphrus riparius (a ground beetle) :
1: Elaphrus riparius (a ground beetle)
6 Aug 1998	OSGR: SU68	51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W	Vice County: Berks (VC 22)	England

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Cooter, J. & Barclay M.V.L. (eds)	2006	A Coleopterist’s handbook	The Amateur Entomolgist, 11, Fourth Edition edition, 439pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society

Elaphrus riparius (a ground beetle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Elaphrus
(a genus of ground beetles)

ELAPHRINAE
(a subfamily of ground beetles)

CARABIDAE
(ground beetles, tiger beetles)

ADEPHAGA
(water and ground beetles)

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Elaphrus riparius (a ground beetle)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Elaphrus riparius (a ground beetle)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Elaphrus riparius is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)