Cteniopus sulphureus (Linnaeus, 1758), (sulphur beetle)

11 Jul 2011 at OSGR: SS78 in Glam, England

Taxonomic hierarchy:
Species: Cteniopus sulphureus (Sulphur Beetle)
Family: TENEBRIONIDAE (darkling and flour beetles)
Superfamily: TENEBRIONOIDEA (narrow timber beetles)
Series (Zoo.): Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
Suborder: POLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
Order: COLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division (Zoo.): 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)

Cteniopus sulphureus is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Record Summary	7 beetles visiting Hogweed
Found as	Imago
Date	11 July 2011
Associated organism	Heracleum sphondylium
OS grid ref	OSGR: SS78
Lat/Lon	51° 30’ N, 3° 40’ W
Vice County	Glam, VC no: 41
Country	England

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Cteniopus sulphureus (Linnaeus, 1758), (sulphur beetle)

11 Jul 2011 at OSGR: SS78 in Glam, England

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Cteniopus sulphureus is also a member of:

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