Stenoria analis Schaum, 1859
(an oil beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesStenoria analis (an oil beetle)
FamilyMELOIDAE (oil 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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Mahe, G. 2008 Observations en Loire Atlantique (France) de Stenoria analis (Schaum) (Coleoptera, Meloidae), cleptoparasite de Colletes hederae Schmidt & Westrich (Hymenoptera, Colletidae) Osmia: Revue d’Hyménoptérologie (Journal of Hymenopterology) No 2: 12-15.

Stenoria analis (an oil beetle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Stenoria analis (an oil beetle)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Stenoria analis (an oil beetle)
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