Broscus cephalotes (Linnaeus, 1758)
(a ground beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesBroscus cephalotes (a ground beetle)
SubfamilyBROSCINAE (a subfamily of ground beetles)
FamilyCARABIDAE (ground beetles, tiger beetles)
SuborderADEPHAGA (water and ground 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 Broscus cephalotes (a ground beetle) :
1: Broscus cephalotes (a ground beetle)
19 May 2007 OSGR: TF84 52° 60’ N, 0° 50’ E Vice County: West Norfolk (VC 28) England
on sand, under wooden board
Image 1: Dorsal view - in situImage 2: Dorsal view - in situ (2)Image 3: Hiding under dead leaves - in situImage 4: Latero-dorsal view - in situImage 5: Ventral view - grey backgroundImage 6: Antero-dorsal view - in situ - close-up - enlargedImage 7: Dorsal view - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 8: Dorsal view - in situ - close-up - enlargedImage 9: Elytra - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 10: Head and mouthparts - dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 11: Head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 12: Head, antennae, thorax - dorsal view - close-up - grey backgroundImage 13: Latero-dorsal view - in situ - close-up - enlargedImage 14: Mouthparts - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 15: Mouthparts - open - dorsal view - close-up - magnifiedImage 16: Thorax - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged

Broscus cephalotes (a ground beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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