Anacaena limbata (Fabricius, 1792)
(a scavenger water beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAnacaena limbata (a scavenger water beetle)
Species aggregateAnacaena limbata s. lat. (a scavenger water beetle)
GenusAnacaena (a genus of scavenger water beetles)
SubfamilyHYDROPHILINAE (a subfamily of water beetles)
FamilyHYDROPHILIDAE (a family of scavenger water beetles)
SuperfamilyHYDROPHILOIDEA (scavenger water beetles)
Series Staphyliniformia (burying beetles, carrion beetles, rove beetles etc.)
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 Anacaena limbata (a scavenger water beetle) :
1: Anacaena limbata (a scavenger water beetle)
25 May 2000 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on wet ground under Reed Sweetgrass
Image 1: Dorsal viewImage 2: Elytral puncturationImage 3: Head - ventralImage 4: Lateral viewImage 5: Ventral view

Anacaena limbata (a scavenger water beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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