Lagria hirta (Linnaeus, 1758)
(a darkling beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLagria hirta (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 Lagria hirta (a darkling beetle) :
1: Lagria hirta (a darkling beetle) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
18 May 2007 OSGR: TF61 52° 40’ N, 0° 30’ E Vice County: West Norfolk (VC 28) England
Larva, on oak trunk
Image 1: Adult - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 2: Adult - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 3: Adult - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged (3)Image 4: Adult - dorsal view - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 5: Adult - dorso-lateral view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 6: Adult - dorso-lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 7: Adult - lateral view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 8: Adult - ventral view - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 9: Larva - dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 10: Larva - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 11: Larva - dorsal view - enlargedImage 12: Larva - latero-dorsal view - enlarged

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

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