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

Interactions where Pyrochroa serraticornis is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
larva larva is associated with under bark Fagus sylvaticaQuestionable Beech Fagales: Fagaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Pyrochroidae/Pyrochroa serraticornis/Pyrochroa serraticornisred-headed cardinal beetlelarva Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus sylvatica/Fagus sylvaticabeech?underbark
larva larva is associated with under bark Quercus oaks Fagales: Fagaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Pyrochroidae/Pyrochroa serraticornis/Pyrochroa serraticornisred-headed cardinal beetlelarva Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/Quercusoaksunderbark
is associated with under rotting bark Ulmus elms Rosales: Ulmaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Pyrochroidae/Pyrochroa serraticornis/Pyrochroa serraticornisred-headed cardinal beetle Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Ulmaceae/Ulmus/Ulmuselmsunder rottingbark

Author & YearTitleSource
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society

Pyrochroa serraticornis (Red-headed Cardinal Beetle) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Pyrochroa serraticornis (Red-headed Cardinal Beetle) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Pyrochroa serraticornis (Red-headed Cardinal Beetle)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
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:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Pyrochroa serraticornis (Red-headed Cardinal Beetle):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 17 images of Pyrochroa serraticornis (Red-headed Cardinal Beetle)
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