Pyrochroa coccinea (Linnaeus, 1761)
(Black-headed Cardinal Beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPyrochroa coccinea (Black-headed Cardinal Beetle)
GenusPyrochroa (cardinal beetles)
FamilyPYROCHROIDAE (cardinal beetles)
SuperfamilyTENEBRIONOIDEA (narrow timber 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 Pyrochroa coccinea (Black-headed Cardinal Beetle) :
1: Pyrochroa coccinea (Black-headed Cardinal Beetle)
14 Jun 2008 OSGR: SU68 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Oxon (VC 23) England
on Nettle
Image 1: Dorsal view - close-up
2: Pyrochroa coccinea (Black-headed Cardinal Beetle)
22 May 1977 OSGR: SU83 51° 0’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: North Hants (VC 12) England
Image 1: Close-up - enlarged

Pyrochroa coccinea (Black-headed Cardinal Beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Pyrochroa coccinea (Black-headed Cardinal Beetle)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Pyrochroa coccinea (Black-headed Cardinal Beetle)
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