Oedemera Olivier, 1789
(thick-legged flower beetles)

Interactions where Oedemera is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
adult adult pollinates or fertilises flower UK/Ireland Neottia ovata Common Twayblade Asparagales: Orchidaceae Is spur length of Platanthera species in the British Isles adaptively optimized or an evolutionary red herring?, Bateman, R.M. & Sexton, R., 2008
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Oedemeridae/Oedemera/Oedemerathick-legged flower beetlesadult Plant / pollinatedUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Neottia ovata/Neottia ovatacommon twaybladeflower

Author & YearTitleSource
Bateman, R.M. & Sexton, R., 2008Is spur length of Platanthera species in the British Isles adaptively optimized or an evolutionary red herring?Watsonia Vol 27, part 1: 1-21.

Oedemera (thick-legged flower beetles) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Oedemera (thick-legged flower beetles) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusOedemera (thick-legged flower beetles)
FamilyOEDEMERIDAE (thick-legged flower 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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Oedemera (thick-legged flower beetles)

Identification Works

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

Oedemera (thick-legged flower 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 Oedemera (thick-legged flower beetles):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 99 images of Oedemera (thick-legged flower beetles)
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