Oulema duftschmidi/melanopus NEW QUALIFIER-agg.
(cereal leaf beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
Species aggregateOulema duftschmidi/melanopus (cereal leaf beetle)
GenusOulema (a genus of leaf beetles)
SubfamilyCRIOCERINAE (a subfamily of leaf beetles)
FamilyCHRYSOMELIDAE (leaf and flea beetles)
SuperfamilyCHRYSOMELOIDEA (leaf, longhorn and seed 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 Oulema duftschmidi/melanopus (cereal leaf beetle) :
1: Oulema duftschmidi/melanopus (cereal leaf beetle)
24 Oct 1976 OSGR: SU74 51° 10’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: North Hants (VC 12) England
In dead tree
Image 1: Dorsal view - enlargedImage 2: Dorsal view - enlarged (2)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Hodges, D. & Murray, D. WCG - website of the Watford Coleoptera Group thewcg.org.uk/

Oulema duftschmidi/melanopus (cereal leaf beetle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Oulema duftschmidi/melanopus (cereal leaf beetle)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 20 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Oulema duftschmidi/melanopus (cereal leaf beetle)
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