Molorchus minor (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Spruce Shortwing Beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Molorchus minor (Spruce Shortwing Beetle)
Subfamily	CERAMBYCINAE (a subfamily of longhorn beetles)
Family	CERAMBYCIDAE (longhorn beetles)
Superfamily	CHRYSOMELOIDEA (leaf, longhorn and seed beetles)
Series	Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
Suborder	POLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial 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)

Molorchus minor is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Records of Molorchus minor (Spruce Shortwing Beetle) :
1: Molorchus minor (Spruce Shortwing Beetle)
5 Jun 1997	OSGR: SU56	51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W	Vice County: Berks (VC 22)	England
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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

Molorchus minor (Spruce Shortwing Beetle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

CERAMBYCINAE
(a subfamily of longhorn beetles)

CERAMBYCIDAE
(longhorn 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 Molorchus minor (Spruce Shortwing Beetle)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Molorchus minor (Spruce Shortwing Beetle)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Molorchus minor is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)