Nalassus laevioctostriatus (Goeze, 1777)
(a darkling beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesNalassus laevioctostriatus (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 Nalassus laevioctostriatus (a darkling beetle) :
1: Nalassus laevioctostriatus (a darkling beetle)
12 Feb 2004 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
After dark, in cop, among numerous adults at base of Horse Chestnut trunk and in cracks in bark
Image 1: Male and female - dorsal view - enlargedImage 2: Female and male - ventral view - magnifiedImage 3: Female - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 4: Female - set specimen - magnifiedImage 5: Female - ventral view - magnifiedImage 6: Male - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 7: Male - set specimen - magnifiedImage 8: Male - ventral view - magnified
2: Nalassus laevioctostriatus (a darkling beetle)
4 May 1975 OSGR: SU86 51° 20’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
at base of Pine
Image 1: Dorsal - enlargedImage 2: Dorsolateral - close-up - enlargedImage 3: Lateral - close-up - enlargedImage 4: Lateral - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 5: Laterodorsal - close-up - enlarged

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

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