Agriotes pallidulus (Illiger, 1807)
(a click beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAgriotes pallidulus (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 pallidulus (a click beetle) :
1: Agriotes pallidulus (a click beetle)
22 May 2013 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 2: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - grey background
2: Agriotes pallidulus (a click beetle)
22 May 2000 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Oxon (VC 23) England
Female, swept off Dog’s Mercury
Image 1: Antennae - dorsal view - close-upImage 2: Elytral - basal half - dorsal view - close-upImage 3: Female - dorsal viewImage 4: Female - dorsal view (2)Image 5: Female - dorsal view (3)Image 6: Female - lateral viewImage 7: Female - ventral viewImage 8: Female - ventral view (2)Image 9: Female - ventral view (3)Image 10: Head & thorax - dorsal view - close-upImage 11: Head & thorax - ventral view - close-up
3: Agriotes pallidulus (a click beetle)
12 Apr 1998 OSGR: SU97 51° 30’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Sieved from Beech litter
Image 1: Five views
4: Agriotes pallidulus (a click beetle)
7 Jun 1997 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
at flowers of Hemlock Water-dropwort
Image 1: Two views
5: Agriotes pallidulus (a click beetle)
3 Jun 1997 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, in pitfall trap baited with stale soused herring
Image 1: Female - dorsal viewImage 2: Female - lateral view
6: Agriotes pallidulus (a click beetle)
4 May 1997 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Swept from grass
Image 1: Dorsal view

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

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