DASCILLIDAE Guérin-Méneville, 1843 (1834)
(orchid beetles)

DASCILLIDAE (orchid beetles) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

DASCILLIDAE (orchid beetles) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

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references
Dascillus cervinus
Orchid Beetle
Species 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyDASCILLIDAE (orchid beetles)
SuperfamilyDASCILLOIDEA (orchid beetles)
Series Elateriformia (click beetles and relatives)
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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for DASCILLIDAE (orchid beetles)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource

Larvae

van Emden, F.I. 1943 Larvae of British Beetles IV: Various small families EMM 79: 263 Ent. Mon. Mag. 78-9: 209-223.

DASCILLIDAE (orchid beetles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to DASCILLIDAE (orchid beetles):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 37 images of DASCILLIDAE (orchid beetles)
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