HISTERIDAE Gyllenhal, 1808
(clown beetles)

Interactions where HISTERIDAE 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
larva larva is predator of larva Gastrophysa viridula Green Dock Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Histeridae/Histeridaeclown beetleslarva Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Gastrophysa viridula/Gastrophysa viridulagreen dock beetlelarva

Author & YearTitleSource
Cox, M.L., 2007Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland336pp, Pisces Publications

HISTERIDAE (clown beetles) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

HISTERIDAE (clown 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
Aeletes atomarius
a clown beetle
Species 1 trophisms
Kissister minimus
a clown beetle
Species 1 trophisms
Margarinotus
a genus of clown beetles
Genus 1 subtaxa 2 references
Paromalus flavicornis
a clown beetle
Species 2 trophisms
Plegaderus dissectus
a clown beetle
Species 3 trophisms 1 references
Plegaderus vulneratus
a clown beetle
Species 1 trophisms 1 references
Saprinus
a genus of clown beetles
Genus 1 subtaxa 3 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyHISTERIDAE (clown beetles)
SuperfamilyHYDROPHILOIDEA (scavenger water 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 HISTERIDAE (clown beetles)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
() Duff, A.G. 2012 Beetles of Britain and Ireland: Sphaeriusidae to Silphidae Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Volume 1, 496pp

HISTERIDAE (clown 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 HISTERIDAE (clown beetles):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 4 images of HISTERIDAE (clown beetles)
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