Trixagus dermestoides (Linnaeus, 1767)
(a small false click beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTrixagus dermestoides (a small false click beetle)
GenusTrixagus (a genus of small false click beetles)
FamilyTHROSCIDAE (small false click beetles)
SuperfamilyELATEROIDEA (a superfamily of beetles)
Series Elateriformia (click beetles and relatives)
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 Trixagus dermestoides (a small false click beetle) :
1: Trixagus dermestoides (a small false click beetle)
20 Jun 2012 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on Burdock leaf
Image 1: Dorsal view - antennae displayed - magnified - pale backgroundImage 2: Dorsal view - antennae stowed - magnified - pale backgroundImage 3: Ventral view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 4: Ventral view - magnified - pale background (2)Image 5: Elytral ornamentation and scales - microscope low magnificationImage 6: Head and thorax - antennae and limbs deployed - ventral view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 7: Head and thorax - antennae and limbs stowed away - ventral view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 8: Head - anterior view - microscope low magnificationImage 9: Head - lateral view - microscope low magnification

Trixagus dermestoides (a small false click beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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