Dicheirotrichus obsoletus (Dejean, 1829)
(a ground beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDicheirotrichus obsoletus (a ground beetle)
GenusDicheirotrichus (a genus of 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 Dicheirotrichus obsoletus (a ground beetle) :
1: Dicheirotrichus obsoletus (a ground beetle)
15 Apr 2017 OSGR: SY77 50° 30’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
several, under stone
Image 1: Adult - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Adult - elytra - dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Adult - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver background
2: Dicheirotrichus obsoletus (a ground beetle)
30 Apr 2010 OSGR: SY77 50° 30’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
under stone
Image 1: Adult - dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 2: Adult - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 3: Adult - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 4: Adult - dorsal view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 5: Adult - dorso-lateral view - close-up - enlargedImage 6: Adult - investigating hole - close-up - enlargedImage 7: Adult - investigating hole - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 8: Adult - investigating hole - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 9: Adult - investigating hole - close-up - enlarged (4)Image 10: Adult - latero-dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 11: Adult - ventral view - highly enlarged - grey background

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Dicheirotrichus obsoletus (a ground beetle)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Dicheirotrichus obsoletus (a ground beetle)
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