Necrobia ruficollis (Fabricius, 1775)
(Red-breasted Copra Beetle)

Interactions where Necrobia ruficollis is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part 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 Summary
elytron (live) live elytron of adult is ectoparasitised by ascoma UK/Ireland Dimeromyces corynetis a laboulbeniomycete Laboulbeniales: Laboulbeniaceae Some additional Laboulbeniales (Ascomycetes) new to Poland, Majewski, T., 2006
A preliminary host-parasite checklist of British Laboulbeniales, Weir, A., 1996
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Laboulbeniomycetes/Laboulbeniales/Laboulbeniaceae/Dimeromyces corynetis/Dimeromyces corynetisa laboulbeniomyceteascoma Animal / parasite / ectoparasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Cleridae/Necrobia ruficollis/Necrobia ruficollisred-breasted copra beetleliveelytronadult ascoma ectoparasitises live elytron of adult

Author & YearTitleSource
Majewski, T., 2006Some additional Laboulbeniales (Ascomycetes) new to PolandActa Mycologica Vol 41 (1): 65-72.
Weir, A., 1996A preliminary host-parasite checklist of British LaboulbenialesEntomologist Vol 115: 50-58.

Necrobia ruficollis (Red-breasted Copra Beetle) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Necrobia ruficollis (Red-breasted Copra Beetle) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesNecrobia ruficollis (Red-breasted Copra Beetle)
GenusNecrobia (copra beetles)
FamilyCLERIDAE (checquered beetles)
SuperfamilyCLEROIDEA (a superfamily of beetles)
Series Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
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 Necrobia ruficollis (Red-breasted Copra Beetle)

Necrobia ruficollis (Red-breasted Copra Beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Necrobia ruficollis (Red-breasted Copra Beetle):

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