Pyrochroa serraticornis (Scopoli, 1763)
(Red-headed Cardinal Beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPyrochroa serraticornis (Red-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 serraticornis (Red-headed Cardinal Beetle) :
1: Pyrochroa serraticornis (Red-headed Cardinal Beetle)
5 Jun 2005 OSGR: SU36 51° 30’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Antero-dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 2: Dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 3: Dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 4: Dorsal view - enlargedImage 5: Dorsal view - enlarged (2)Image 6: Dorsal view - enlarged (3)Image 7: Dorsal view - enlarged (4)Image 8: Latero-dorsal view - enlargedImage 9: Latero-dorsal view - enlarged (2)
2: Pyrochroa serraticornis (Red-headed Cardinal Beetle)
31 May 2003 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on brambles near Ash stump
Image 1: Dorsal view - enlargedImage 2: Dorsal view - enlarged (2)Image 3: Head and thorax - dorsal view - enlarged
3: Pyrochroa serraticornis (Red-headed Cardinal Beetle)
2 May 1971 OSGR: TG10 52° 40’ N, 1° 10’ E Vice County: East Norfolk (VC 27) England
Pupa under bark on rotten log (emerged 3 May)
Image 1: 2 May: Pupa - dorsal - enlargedImage 2: 2 May: Pupa - ventral - enlargedImage 3: 3 May: Newly emerged adult - dorsal view - enlargedImage 4: 3 May: Newly emerged adult - laterodorsal view - enlargedImage 5: 8 May: adult after colouring up - enlarged

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

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Pyrochroa serraticornis (Red-headed Cardinal Beetle)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Pyrochroa serraticornis (Red-headed Cardinal Beetle)
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