Endomychus coccineus (Linnaeus, 1758)
(a false ladybird)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEndomychus coccineus (a false ladybird)
FamilyENDOMYCHIDAE (false ladybirds)
SuperfamilyCUCUJOIDEA (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 Endomychus coccineus (a false ladybird) :
1: Endomychus coccineus (a false ladybird)
25 Sep 1999 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on underside of Beech branch in wood pile with Hypoxylon fragiforme
Image 1: Adult - abdomen - ventral - close-upImage 2: Adult - dorsal view - pale backgroundImage 3: Adult - elytra - close-up - pale backgroundImage 4: Adult - head & thorax - dorsal view - close-up - pale backgroundImage 5: Adult - head & thorax - ventral view - close-up - pale backgroundImage 6: Adult - two viewsImage 7: Adult - ventral view
2: Endomychus coccineus (a false ladybird)
15 Apr 1976 OSGR: SU93 51° 0’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: West Sussex (VC 13) England
Larvae, under Beech log
Image 1: Larva - anterior view - enlargedImage 2: Larva - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 3: Larva - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 4: Larva - dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 5: Larva - dorsal view - highly enlarged (2)Image 6: Larva - dorso-lateral view - highly enlargedImage 7: Larva - lateral view - highly enlargedImage 8: Larva - latero-dorsal view - highly enlarged
3: Endomychus coccineus (a false ladybird)
7 Mar 1969 OSGR: TG10 52° 40’ N, 1° 10’ E Vice County: East Norfolk (VC 27) England
under bark of dead tree
Image 1: Adult - dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 2: Adult - latero-dorsal view - 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

Endomychus coccineus (a false ladybird) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Endomychus coccineus (a false ladybird)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Endomychus coccineus (a false ladybird)
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