PYROCHROIDAE Latreille, 1807
(cardinal beetles)

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

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

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
interactions
No of
references
Genus 2 subtaxa 4 trophisms 1 references
Species 1 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyPYROCHROIDAE (cardinal beetles)
SuperfamilyTENEBRIONOIDEA (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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for PYROCHROIDAE (cardinal beetles)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Buck, F.D. 1954 Coleoptera: Lagriidae, Alleculidae, Tetratomidae, Melandryidae etc Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol V. Part 9, 30pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Duffy, E.A.J. 1946 Notes on the British species of Pyrochroa (Col., Pyrochroidae) with a key to their first-stage larvae EMM 82: 92-93.
Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (Eds.) Die Käfer Mitteleuropas. Band 8 Die Käfer Mitteleuropas, Vol 8, 388pp, Goecke & Evers, Krefeld
  • Larvae

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

    PYROCHROIDAE (cardinal 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 PYROCHROIDAE (cardinal beetles):

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