Agrypnus murinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
(a click beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAgrypnus murinus (a click beetle)
SubfamilyAGRYPNINAE (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 Agrypnus murinus (a click beetle) :
1: Agrypnus murinus (a click beetle)
11 Jun 2014 OSGR: SU30 50° 50’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
feeding on exudations from a goatmoth oak
Image 1: Adult - dorsal view - enlargedImage 2: Adult - dorsal view - enlarged (2)
2: Agrypnus murinus (a click beetle)
3 Jun 2011 OSGR: SY78 50° 40’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
by general sweeping among marsh-side vegetation
Image 1: Adult - dorsal view - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 2: Adult - ventral view - antennae showing - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 3: Adult - ventral view - antennae stowed in grooves on thorax underside - enlarged - grey background
3: Agrypnus murinus (a click beetle)
9 May 1998 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Oxon (VC 23) England
at light
Image 1: Adult - dorsal viewImage 2: Adult - lateral viewImage 3: Adult - ventral view

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

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