[Melanotus villosus agg.]
(a group of click beetles)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
Informal[Melanotus villosus agg.] (a group of click beetles)
GenusMelanotus (Zoo.) (a genus of click beetles)
SubfamilyMELANOTINAE (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 [Melanotus villosus agg.] (a group of click beetles) :
1: [Melanotus villosus agg.] (a group of click beetles)
23 Jun 2003 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
at night, indoors
Image 1: Dorsal view - enlargedImage 2: Dorsal view - enlarged (2)Image 3: Ventral view - enlargedImage 4: Ventral view - enlarged (2)Image 5: Antennae - dorsal - magnifiedImage 6: Head, thorax, antennae - dorsal - magnifiedImage 7: Head, thorax, antennae - ventral - magnified
2: [Melanotus villosus agg.] (a group of click beetles)
30 May 1998 OSGR: SU97 51° 30’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
at MV
Image 1: DorsalImage 2: LateralImage 3: Ventral
3: [Melanotus villosus agg.] (a group of click beetles)
30 May 1998 OSGR: SU97 51° 30’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
at MV
Image 1: DorsalImage 2: Ventral
4: [Melanotus villosus agg.] (a group of click beetles)
24 May 1997 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on Yew
Image 1: DorsalImage 2: Ventral
5: [Melanotus villosus agg.] (a group of click beetles)
22 Jun 1975 OSGR: SU94 51° 10’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Surrey (VC 17) England
on pine trunk
Image 1: Dorsal - enlargedImage 2: Dorsal - in situ - enlarged
6: [Melanotus villosus agg.] (a group of click beetles)
2 May 1971 OSGR: TG10 52° 40’ N, 1° 10’ E Vice County: East Norfolk (VC 27) England
in rotten tree trunk
Image 1: About to fly - enlargedImage 2: Latero-dorsal - enlarged

[Melanotus villosus agg.] (a group of click beetles) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for [Melanotus villosus agg.] (a group of click beetles)
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