Ampedus cardinalis (Schiödte, 1865)
(Cardinal Click Beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAmpedus cardinalis (Cardinal Click Beetle)
GenusAmpedus (a genus of click beetles)
TribeAmpedini (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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Cooter, J. & Barclay M.V.L. (eds) 2006 A Coleopterist’s handbook The Amateur Entomolgist, 11, Fourth Edition edition, 439pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society

Ampedus cardinalis (Cardinal Click Beetle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Ampedus cardinalis (Cardinal Click Beetle)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Ampedus cardinalis (Cardinal Click Beetle)
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