Scaphidium quadrimaculatum Olivier, 1790
(a shining fungus beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesScaphidium quadrimaculatum (a shining fungus beetle)
SubfamilySCAPHIDIINAE (a subfamily of beetles)
FamilySTAPHYLINIDAE (rove beetles)
SuperfamilySTAPHYLINOIDEA (rove, sexton and featherwing beetles)
Series Staphyliniformia (burying beetles, carrion beetles, rove beetles etc.)
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 Scaphidium quadrimaculatum (a shining fungus beetle) :
1: Scaphidium quadrimaculatum (a shining fungus beetle)
2 Apr 2000 OSGR: SU97 51° 30’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
under rotting Beech wood
Image 1: Dorsal viewImage 2: Head & thorax - ventralImage 3: Lateral viewImage 4: Pygidium - dorsalImage 5: Thorax - dorsalImage 6: Ventral viewImage 7: Ventral view (2)
2: Scaphidium quadrimaculatum (a shining fungus beetle)
23 Sep 1973 OSGR: SE66 54° 0’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: North-east Yorks (VC 62) England
on Paxillus involutus agg.
Image 1: Close-up - enlargedImage 2: In situ - enlarged
3: Scaphidium quadrimaculatum (a shining fungus beetle)
10 Jul 1971 OSGR: TQ31 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
in rotting tree stump
Image 1: Side view - close-up - enlargedImage 2: Side view - enlarged

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Anderson, R. 2001 Fungi and Beetles - diversity within diversity Field Mycology Vol 2 (3): 82-87.

Scaphidium quadrimaculatum (a shining fungus beetle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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