Ampedus quercicola (du Buysson, 1887)
(a click beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAmpedus quercicola (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 quercicola (a click beetle) :
1: Ampedus quercicola (a click beetle)
25 Apr 1999 OSGR: SU30 50° 50’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
on fallen Beech log
Image 1: AntennaImage 2: FaceImage 3: Leg - fore (from above)Image 4: Leg - fore (from below)Image 5: Leg - hind (from below)Image 6: Leg - middle (from below)Image 7: Side viewImage 8: Top viewImage 9: Top view (2)Image 10: Top view (3)Image 11: Top view (4)Image 12: Top view (5)Image 13: UndersideImage 14: Underside (2)Image 15: Underside of head and thoraxImage 16: Underside of head and thorax (2)

Ampedus quercicola (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 quercicola (a click beetle)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Ampedus quercicola (a click beetle)
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