Oedemera Olivier, 1789
(thick-legged flower beetles)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
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ID refs
Oedemera femoralis
a thick-legged flower beetle
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 		Species 18 images
Oedemera lurida
a thick-legged flower beetle
(Click to open)
 		Species 28 images
Oedemera nobilis
Thick-legged Flower Beetle, Swollen-thighed Beetle
Male (Click to open)
 		Species 53 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusOedemera (thick-legged flower beetles)
FamilyOEDEMERIDAE (thick-legged flower 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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Hodges, D. & Murray, D. WCG - website of the Watford Coleoptera Group thewcg.org.uk/

Oedemera (thick-legged flower beetles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Oedemera (thick-legged flower beetles)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Oedemera (thick-legged flower beetles)
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