Panagaeus bipustulatus (Fabricius, 1775)
(a ground beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPanagaeus bipustulatus (a ground beetle)
FamilyCARABIDAE (ground beetles, tiger beetles)
SuborderADEPHAGA (water and ground 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 Panagaeus bipustulatus (a ground beetle) :
1: Panagaeus bipustulatus (a ground beetle)
10 Jun 2000 OSGR: SS43 51° 10’ N, 4° 10’ W Vice County: North Devon (VC 4) England
on Marram
Image 1: DorsalImage 2: Elytral bases - close-upImage 3: Head & antennae - dorsal - close-upImage 4: Head & palps - dorsal - close-upImage 5: Thorax - dorsal - close-upImage 6: Ventral

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

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

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