Leptinus testaceus Müller, P.W.J., 1817
(a nest beetle)

Interactions where Leptinus testaceus 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
is associated with nest Apodemus sylvaticus Wood Mouse, Long-tailed Field-mouse Rodentia: Muridae Woodmice and Yellow-necked Mice, Flowerdew, J., 1984
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Leiodidae/Leptinus testaceus/Leptinus testaceusa nest beetle Animal / associate /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Rodentia/Muridae/Apodemus sylvaticus/Apodemus sylvaticuswood mouse, long-tailed field-mousenest

Author & YearTitleSource
Flowerdew, J., 1984Woodmice and Yellow-necked Mice24pp, The Mammal Society

Leptinus testaceus (a nest beetle) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Leptinus testaceus (a nest beetle) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLeptinus testaceus (a nest beetle)
SubfamilyPLATYPSYLLINAE (nest beetles)
FamilyLEIODIDAE (round fungus beetles)
SuperfamilySTAPHYLINOIDEA (rove, sexton and featherwing beetles)
Series Staphyliniformia (burying beetles, carrion beetles, rove beetles etc.)
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 Leptinus testaceus (a nest beetle)

Leptinus testaceus (a nest beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Thompson, G.B. 1939 A check-list and host-list of the ectoparasites recorded from British birds and mammals Transactions of the Society for British Entomology Vol 6(1): 1-22.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Leptinus testaceus (a nest beetle):

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