Dascillus cervinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Orchid Beetle)

Dascillus cervinus (Orchid Beetle) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Dascillus cervinus (Orchid Beetle) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDascillus cervinus (Orchid Beetle)
FamilyDASCILLIDAE (orchid beetles)
SuperfamilyDASCILLOIDEA (orchid beetles)
Series Elateriformia (click beetles and relatives)
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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Dascillus cervinus (Orchid Beetle)

Identification Works

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Larva

Gahan, C.J. 1908 On the larvae of Trictenotoma childreni, Gray, Melittomma insulare, Fairmaire, and Dascillus cervinus, Linn. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond.: 275-282.

Dascillus cervinus (Orchid Beetle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Dascillus cervinus (Orchid Beetle):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 37 images of Dascillus cervinus (Orchid Beetle)
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