Opatrum sabulosum (Linnaeus, 1761)
(a darkling beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesOpatrum sabulosum (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 Opatrum sabulosum (a darkling beetle) :
1: Opatrum sabulosum (a darkling beetle)
12 Aug 1999 OSGR: SX84 50° 20’ N, 3° 40’ W Vice County: South Devon (VC 3) England
under stone
Image 1: Dorsal viewImage 2: Dorsal view (2)Image 3: Head - close-upImage 4: Head - ventral - close-upImage 5: Ventral viewImage 6: Ventral view (2)

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

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