Anisoxya fuscula (Illiger, 1798)
(a false darkling beetle)

Interactions where Anisoxya fuscula 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			Fagus sylvatica	Beech	Fagales: Fagaceae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Melandryidae/Anisoxya fuscula/	Anisoxya fuscula	a false darkling beetle					Plant / associate			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus sylvatica/	Fagus sylvatica	beech
		is associated with			Fraxinus excelsior	Ash	Lamiales: Oleaceae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Melandryidae/Anisoxya fuscula/	Anisoxya fuscula	a false darkling beetle					Plant / associate			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Fraxinus excelsior/	Fraxinus excelsior	ash
		is associated with			Salix	willows	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Melandryidae/Anisoxya fuscula/	Anisoxya fuscula	a false darkling beetle					Plant / associate			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix/	Salix	willows
		is associated with			Acer campestre	Field Maple	Sapindales: Sapindaceae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Melandryidae/Anisoxya fuscula/	Anisoxya fuscula	a false darkling beetle					Plant / associate			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Acer campestre/	Acer campestre	field maple

Author & Year	Title	Source
Bullock, J.A., 1992	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations	11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society

Anisoxya fuscula (a false darkling beetle) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

Anisoxya fuscula (a false darkling beetle) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Anisoxya fuscula (a false darkling beetle)
Family	MELANDRYIDAE (false darkling beetles)
Superfamily	TENEBRIONOIDEA (narrow timber beetles)
Series	Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
Suborder	POLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
Order	COLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Anisoxya fuscula is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Anisoxya fuscula (a false darkling beetle)

Anisoxya fuscula (a false darkling beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

MELANDRYIDAE
(false darkling beetles)

TENEBRIONOIDEA
(narrow timber beetles)

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Anisoxya fuscula (a false darkling beetle):

MELANDRYIDAE
(false darkling beetles)

TENEBRIONOIDEA
(narrow timber beetles)

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

PTERYGOTA
(bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

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