Agriotes obscurus (Linnaeus, 1758)
(a click beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAgriotes obscurus (a click beetle)
GenusAgriotes (a genus of click beetles)
TribeAgriotini (a tribe of click beetles)
SubfamilyELATERINAE (a subfamily of click beetles)
FamilyELATERIDAE (click beetles)
SuperfamilyELATEROIDEA (a superfamily of 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)
Records of Agriotes obscurus (a click beetle) :
1: Agriotes obscurus (a click beetle)
18 Jul 2007 OSGR: SH71 52° 40’ N, 3° 50’ W Vice County: Merioneth (VC 48) Wales
on steep hillside
Image 1: Adult - dorsal view - grey backgroundImage 2: Adult - ventral view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 3: Alert - dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 4: Alert - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 5: Alert - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 6: Alert - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (4)Image 7: Alert - dorso-lateral view - close-up - enlargedImage 8: Alert - latero-dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 9: Defensive position - dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 10: Defensive position - lateral view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 11: Defensive position - latero-dorsal view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 12: Defensive position - latero-ventral view - close-up - enlargedImage 13: Elytral pubescence and microsculpture - magnifiedImage 14: Elytral pubescence and microsculpture - magnified (2)Image 15: Head, antennae and thorax - ventral view - grey backgroundImage 16: Pronotal pubescence and microsculpture - magnifiedImage 17: Pronotal pubescence and microsculpture - magnified (2)
2: Agriotes obscurus (a click beetle)
17 May 1997 OSGR: SU56 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on Rush
Image 1: Dorsal view

Agriotes obscurus (a click beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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