Badister bullatus (Schrank, 1798)
(a ground beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesBadister bullatus (a ground beetle)
GenusBadister (a genus of ground beetles)
FamilyCARABIDAE (ground beetles, tiger beetles)
SuborderADEPHAGA (water and ground 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 Badister bullatus (a ground beetle) :
1: Badister bullatus (a ground beetle)
5 Apr 1974 OSGR: SE75 54° 0’ N, 0° 50’ W England
under rubbish heap
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Badister bullatus (a ground beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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