BYRRHIDAE Latreille, 1804
(pill beetles)

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

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

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Byrrhus
a genus of pill beetles
Genus 1 subtaxa 2 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyBYRRHIDAE (pill beetles)
SuperfamilyBYRRHOIDEA (a superfamily of 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 BYRRHIDAE (pill beetles)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Telfer, M. Byrrhidae – Pill Beetles markgtelfer.co.uk/beetles/byrrhidae-pill-beetles/

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

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource

Acid Mires

Boyce, D. 2004 A review of the invertebrate assemblages of acid mires Research Reports, Report no 592, 109pp, English Nature

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to BYRRHIDAE (pill beetles):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 12 images of BYRRHIDAE (pill beetles)
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