Prosternon tessellatum (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Chequered Click Beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Prosternon tessellatum (Chequered Click Beetle)
Tribe	Ctenicerini (a tribe of click beetles)
Subfamily	DENTICOLLINAE (a subfamily of click beetles)
Family	ELATERIDAE (click beetles)
Superfamily	ELATEROIDEA (a superfamily of beetles)
Series	Elateriformia (click beetles and relatives)
Suborder	POLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
Order	COLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Prosternon tessellatum is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Records of Prosternon tessellatum (Chequered Click Beetle) :
1: Prosternon tessellatum (Chequered Click Beetle)
20 May 2007	OSGR: TL88	52° 20’ N, 0° 40’ E	Vice County: West Norfolk (VC 28)	England
Several adults feeding at hawthorn flowers

Prosternon tessellatum (Chequered Click Beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

ELATERIDAE
(click beetles)

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Prosternon tessellatum (Chequered Click Beetle)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Prosternon tessellatum (Chequered Click Beetle)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

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