Ampedus balteatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
(a click beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAmpedus balteatus (a click beetle)
GenusAmpedus (a genus of click beetles)
TribeAmpedini (a tribe of click beetles)
SubfamilyELATERINAE (a subfamily of click beetles)
FamilyELATERIDAE (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 Ampedus balteatus (a click beetle) :
1: Ampedus balteatus (a click beetle)
18 May 2007 OSGR: TF61 52° 40’ N, 0° 30’ E Vice County: West Norfolk (VC 28) England
Image 1: Dorsal view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 2: Dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 3: Dorso-lateral view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 4: Dorso-lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 5: Head and thorax - dorsal view - close-up - magnifiedImage 6: Head and thorax - dorsal view - close-up - magnified (2)Image 7: Head and thorax - dorsal view - close-up - magnified (3)Image 8: Partly hidden - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 9: Thorax - postero-lateral process - dorsal view - close-up - magnified
2: Ampedus balteatus (a click beetle)
7 Jun 2003 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
indoors
Image 1: Dorsal view - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 2: Dorsal view - enlarged - grey background (2)Image 3: Ventral view - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 4: Ventral view - enlarged - grey background (2)Image 5: Antennae, head and thorax - dorsal - magnified - grey backgroundImage 6: Antennae, head and thorax - ventral - magnified - grey backgroundImage 7: Click mechanism - magnifiedImage 8: Head and thorax - dorsal - magnified - grey backgroundImage 9: Head and thorax - ventral - magnified - grey background
3: Ampedus balteatus (a click beetle)
4 May 1975 OSGR: SU86 51° 20’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
at base of Pine trunk
Image 1: Anterior view - foreparts - enlargedImage 2: Dorsal view - foreparts - enlargedImage 3: Dorsolateral view - enlarged

Ampedus balteatus (a click beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Ampedus balteatus (a click beetle)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Ampedus balteatus (a click beetle)
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