Anthocomus rufus (Herbst, 1784)
(a malachite beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAnthocomus rufus (a malachite beetle)
SubfamilyMALACHIINAE (a subfamily of beetles)
FamilyMELYRIDAE (malachite beetles)
SuperfamilyCLEROIDEA (a superfamily of 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 Anthocomus rufus (a malachite beetle) :
1: Anthocomus rufus (a malachite beetle)
4 Sep 2011 OSGR: SY67 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
visiting Angelica flower and seed heads
Image 1: Adult - dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 2: Adult - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly magnifiedImage 3: Adult - lateral view - highly enlargedImage 4: Adult - ventral view - highly enlarged

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Cooter, J. & Barclay M.V.L. (eds) 2006 A Coleopterist’s handbook The Amateur Entomolgist, 11, Fourth Edition edition, 439pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society

Anthocomus rufus (a malachite beetle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Anthocomus rufus (a malachite beetle)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Anthocomus rufus (a malachite beetle)
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