Dalopius marginatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
(a click beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDalopius marginatus (a click beetle)
TribeAgriotini (a tribe of click beetles)
SubfamilyELATERINAE (a subfamily of click beetles)
FamilyELATERIDAE (click beetles)
SuperfamilyELATEROIDEA (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 Dalopius marginatus (a click beetle) :
1: Dalopius marginatus (a click beetle)
18 May 2011 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, on greenhouse
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - grey background (2)Image 3: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - grey background (3)Image 4: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 5: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 6: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 7: Foreparts - antero-dorsal view - magnified - white backgroundImage 8: Foreparts - dorsal view - magnified - white backgroundImage 9: Foreparts - ventral view - magnified - white backgroundImage 10: Hindparts - ventral view - magnified - white background
2: Dalopius marginatus (a click beetle)
22 May 1975 OSGR: SU86 51° 20’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 2: Dorsal view - highly enlarged (2)Image 3: Lateral view - highly enlargedImage 4: Dorsal view - close-up - magnifiedImage 5: Thorax, antennae - dorsal view - close-up - magnified

Dalopius marginatus (a click beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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