Crypticus quisquilius (Linnaeus, 1761)
(a darkling beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCrypticus quisquilius (a darkling beetle)
FamilyTENEBRIONIDAE (darkling and flour 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 Crypticus quisquilius (a darkling beetle) :
1: Crypticus quisquilius (a darkling beetle)
28 Jun 2011 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, crawling on low dune sward
Image 1: Dorsal view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 2: Dorso-lateral view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 3: Head and thorax - antero-dorsal view - magnifiedImage 4: Head and thorax - ventral view - magnifiedImage 5: Ventral view - highly enlarged - white background

Crypticus quisquilius (a darkling beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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