Oedemera femoralis Olivier, 1803
(a thick-legged flower beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Oedemera femoralis (a thick-legged flower beetle)
Genus	Oedemera (thick-legged flower beetles)
Family	OEDEMERIDAE (thick-legged flower beetles)
Superfamily	TENEBRIONOIDEA (narrow timber beetles)
Series	Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
Suborder	POLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
Order	COLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Oedemera femoralis is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Records of Oedemera femoralis (a thick-legged flower beetle) :
1: Oedemera femoralis (a thick-legged flower beetle)
21 Oct 2008	OSGR: ST35	51° 20’ N, 2° 50’ W	Vice County: North Somerset (VC 6)	England
on underside of fallen branch

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

Oedemera
(thick-legged flower beetles)

OEDEMERIDAE
(thick-legged flower beetles)

TENEBRIONOIDEA
(narrow timber beetles)

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Oedemera femoralis (a thick-legged flower beetle)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Oedemera femoralis (a thick-legged flower beetle)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

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