Rhagonycha fulva (Scopoli, 1763)
(Common Red Soldier Beetle, "Hogweed Bonking Beetle")

Rhagonycha fulva (Common Red Soldier Beetle, "Hogweed Bonking Beetle") may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Rhagonycha fulva (Common Red Soldier Beetle, "Hogweed Bonking Beetle") may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesRhagonycha fulva (Common Red Soldier Beetle, "Hogweed Bonking Beetle")
GenusRhagonycha (a genus of soldier beetles)
FamilyCANTHARIDAE (soldier beetles)
SuperfamilyELATEROIDEA (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 Rhagonycha fulva (Common Red Soldier Beetle, "Hogweed Bonking Beetle")

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Cooter, J. & Barclay M.V.L. (eds) 2006 A Coleopterist’s handbook The Amateur Entomolgist, 11, Fourth Edition edition, 439pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society

Rhagonycha fulva (Common Red Soldier Beetle, "Hogweed Bonking Beetle") may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Rhagonycha fulva (Common Red Soldier Beetle, "Hogweed Bonking Beetle"):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 7 images of Rhagonycha fulva (Common Red Soldier Beetle, "Hogweed Bonking Beetle")
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