Oedemera lurida (Marsham, 1802)
(a thick-legged flower beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesOedemera lurida (a thick-legged flower beetle)
GenusOedemera (thick-legged flower beetles)
FamilyOEDEMERIDAE (thick-legged flower 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 Oedemera lurida (a thick-legged flower beetle) :
1: Oedemera lurida (a thick-legged flower beetle) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
21 Jul 2011 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, by general sweeping
Image 1: Male - abdomen tip - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 2: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 3: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 4: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - white background
2: Oedemera lurida (a thick-legged flower beetle)
29 Jun 2006 OSGR: TQ31 50° 50’ N, 0° 0’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
Visiting Creeping Buttercup
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 - close-up - highly enlarged (4)Image 5: Adult - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged (5)Image 6: Adult - dorso-lateral view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 7: Adult - dorso-lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 8: Adult - dorso-lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged (3)Image 9: Adult - lateral view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 10: Adult - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 11: Adult - latero-dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged
3: Oedemera lurida (a thick-legged flower beetle)
20 Jul 2004 OSGR: SU58 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on Wild Carrot inflorescence
Image 1: On flower - dorsal view - enlargedImage 2: On flower - dorsal view - enlarged (2)Image 3: On flower - dorso-lateral view - enlargedImage 4: On flower - dorso-lateral view - enlarged (2)Image 5: Dorsal view - magnifiedImage 6: Dorso-lateral view - magnifiedImage 7: Head, antennae, thorax - dorsal - magnifiedImage 8: Latero-ventral view - magnified
4: Oedemera lurida (a thick-legged flower beetle)
4 Jun 1975 OSGR: SU86 51° 20’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Dorsal - close-up - enlargedImage 2: Dorsal - enlargedImage 3: Dorsal - in situ - enlargedImage 4: Rear three quarter view - enlargedImage 5: Rear three quarter view - in situ - enlarged

Oedemera lurida (a thick-legged flower beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Oedemera lurida (a thick-legged flower beetle)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Oedemera lurida (a thick-legged flower beetle)

A dark "frosted" green beetle that is very common on flowers.

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