Anaspis frontalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
(a tumbling flower beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAnaspis frontalis (a tumbling flower beetle)
GenusAnaspis (a genus of tumbling flower beetles)
FamilySCRAPTIIDAE (a family of tumbling flower beetles)
SuperfamilyTENEBRIONOIDEA (narrow timber beetles)
Series Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
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 Anaspis frontalis (a tumbling flower beetle) :
1: Anaspis frontalis (a tumbling flower beetle)
29 Jun 1975 OSGR: SU93 51° 10’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Surrey (VC 17) England
Male, on Holcus
Image 1: Side view - highly enlarged

Anaspis frontalis (a tumbling flower beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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