Thanasimus formicarius (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Ant Beetle)

Interactions where Thanasimus formicarius 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
is associated with PINOPSIDA conifers Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Cleridae/Thanasimus formicarius/Thanasimus formicariusant beetle Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinopsidaconifers
is associated with Pinus pines Pinales: Pinaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Cleridae/Thanasimus formicarius/Thanasimus formicariusant beetle Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus/Pinuspines

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

Thanasimus formicarius (Ant Beetle) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Thanasimus formicarius (Ant Beetle) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesThanasimus formicarius (Ant Beetle)
FamilyCLERIDAE (checquered beetles)
SuperfamilyCLEROIDEA (a superfamily of 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 Thanasimus formicarius (Ant Beetle)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Thomaes, A., Drumont, A., Warzee, N., Gregoire, J.-C., Stassen, E., Crevecoeur, L., Berckvens, N., Casteels, H., Van De Vijver, D. & Raemdonck, H. 2017 Ecology and distribution of Thanasimus formicarius (Linnaeus, 1758) and the newly discovered Thanasimus femoralis (Zetterstedt, 1828) in Belgium (Coleoptera: Cleridae) Bulletin de la Société royale belge d’Entomologie/Bulletin van de Koninklijke Belgische Vereniging voor Entomologie Vol 153: 206-214.

Thanasimus formicarius (Ant 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 Thanasimus formicarius (Ant Beetle):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 10 images of Thanasimus formicarius (Ant Beetle)
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