Tenebrio molitor Linnaeus, 1758
(Mealworm Beetle, Hardback Beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTenebrio molitor (Mealworm Beetle, Hardback Beetle)
GenusTenebrio (mealworm beetles)
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 Tenebrio molitor (Mealworm Beetle, Hardback Beetle) :
1: Tenebrio molitor (Mealworm Beetle, Hardback Beetle)
16 Jul 2004 OSGR: SU58 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Dorsal - enlargedImage 2: Head, antennae, thorax - dorsal - enlargedImage 3: Head, antennae, thorax - ventral - enlargedImage 4: Ventral - enlarged

Tenebrio molitor (Mealworm Beetle, Hardback Beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Tenebrio molitor (Mealworm Beetle, Hardback Beetle)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Tenebrio molitor (Mealworm Beetle, Hardback Beetle)
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