Opilo mollis (Linnaeus, 1758)
(a chequered beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesOpilo mollis (a chequered beetle)
FamilyCLERIDAE (checquered beetles)
SuperfamilyCLEROIDEA (a superfamily of 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 Opilo mollis (a chequered beetle) :
1: Opilo mollis (a chequered beetle)
4 Apr 1999 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Oxon (VC 23) England
on cable drum in car after mothing evening
Image 1: Dorsal viewImage 2: Dorsal view - close-upImage 3: Head and thorax - dorsal - close-upImage 4: Head - dorsal - close-upImage 5: Head - ventral - close-upImage 6: Ventero-lateral viewImage 7: Ventral view

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

Opilo mollis (a chequered beetle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Opilo mollis (a chequered beetle)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Opilo mollis (a chequered beetle)
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