Quedius mesomelinus (Marsham, 1802)
(a rove beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesQuedius mesomelinus (a rove beetle)
GenusQuedius (a genus of rove beetles)
SubfamilySTAPHYLININAE (a subfamily of beetles)
FamilySTAPHYLINIDAE (rove beetles)
SuperfamilySTAPHYLINOIDEA (rove, sexton and featherwing beetles)
Series Staphyliniformia (burying beetles, carrion beetles, rove beetles etc.)
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 Quedius mesomelinus (a rove beetle) :
1: Quedius mesomelinus (a rove beetle)
18 Oct 2003 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
in clump of Honey Fungus growing on old Ash stump
Image 1: Head and antennae - dorsal - enlargedImage 2: Head and thorax - dorsal - enlargedImage 3: Head and thorax - dorsal - enlarged (2)Image 4: Head and thorax - ventral - enlargedImage 5: Head, thorax, antennae - dorsal - enlargedImage 6: Male - dorsal view - enlargedImage 7: Ventral - enlarged

Quedius mesomelinus (a rove beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Quedius mesomelinus (a rove beetle)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Quedius mesomelinus (a rove beetle)
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