Byrrhus pilula (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Pill Beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesByrrhus pilula (Pill Beetle)
GenusByrrhus (a genus of pill beetles)
FamilyBYRRHIDAE (pill beetles)
SuperfamilyBYRRHOIDEA (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 Byrrhus pilula (Pill Beetle) :
1: Byrrhus pilula (Pill Beetle)
19 May 2014 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
at end of driveway
Image 1: Adult - dorsal view - closed-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Adult - dorsal view - opened-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Adult - head, antennae and pronotum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Adult - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Adult - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Byrrhus pilula (Pill Beetle)
12 May 2000 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
at foot of wall, on concrete
Image 1: Dorsal viewImage 2: Dorsal view (2)Image 3: Face and antennae - ventral viewImage 4: Ventral view
3: Byrrhus pilula (Pill Beetle)
15 May 1998 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
at top of Goose grass
Image 1: Dorsal viewImage 2: Ventral view
4: Byrrhus pilula (Pill Beetle)
17 May 1997 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
floating in water in plastic carton
Image 1: Dorsal view

Byrrhus pilula (Pill Beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Byrrhus pilula (Pill Beetle)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Byrrhus pilula (Pill Beetle)
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