Ilybius quadriguttatus (Lacordaire, 1835)
(a diving beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesIlybius quadriguttatus (a diving beetle)
GenusIlybius (a genus of diving beetles)
SubfamilyAGABINAE (a subfamily of water beetles)
FamilyDYTISCIDAE (diving 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 Ilybius quadriguttatus (a diving beetle) :
1: Ilybius quadriguttatus (a diving beetle)
22 Oct 2008 OSGR: ST44 51° 10’ N, 2° 50’ W Vice County: North Somerset (VC 6) England
Male, in grassy, duckweed-covered roadside ditch
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Ilybius quadriguttatus (a diving beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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