Pocadius ferrugineus (Fabricius, 1775)
(a pollen or sap beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPocadius ferrugineus (a pollen or sap beetle)
FamilyNITIDULIDAE (pollen and sap beetles)
SuperfamilyCUCUJOIDEA (a superfamily of 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 Pocadius ferrugineus (a pollen or sap beetle) :
1: Pocadius ferrugineus (a pollen or sap beetle)
26 Apr 1970 OSGR: TL78 52° 20’ N, 0° 30’ E Vice County: West Suffolk (VC 26) England
in sterile base of Calvatia caelatum
Image 1: Anterodorsal - close-up - highly enlargedImage 2: Anterodorsal - highly enlargedImage 3: Laterodorsal - highly enlarged

Identification Works

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

Pocadius ferrugineus (a pollen or sap beetle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Pocadius ferrugineus (a pollen or sap beetle)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Pocadius ferrugineus (a pollen or sap beetle)
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