Isomira murina (Linnaeus, 1758)
(a darkling beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesIsomira murina (a darkling beetle)
FamilyTENEBRIONIDAE (darkling and flour beetles)
SuperfamilyTENEBRIONOIDEA (narrow timber 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 Isomira murina (a darkling beetle) :
1: Isomira murina (a darkling beetle)
26 May 2012 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Oxon (VC 23) England
sweeping Upright Brome
Image 1: Dorsal view - dark brown form - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 2: Dorso-lateral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 3: Head and antennae - antero-dorsal view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 4: Lateral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 5: Mid brown form - dorsal view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 6: Ventral view - highly enlarged - pale background

Isomira murina (a darkling beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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