Meloe brevicollis Panzer, 1793
(an oil beetle)

Meloe brevicollis (an oil beetle) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Meloe brevicollis (an oil beetle) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMeloe brevicollis (an oil beetle)
GenusMeloe (blister beetles, oil beetles)
FamilyMELOIDAE (oil 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 Meloe brevicollis (an oil beetle)

Meloe brevicollis (an oil beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. BBC NEWS (England/Devon): Beetle re-emerges after 60 years news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/6464531.stm

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Meloe brevicollis (an oil beetle):

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