Omaloplia ruricola (Fabricius, 1775)
(a chafer)

Omaloplia ruricola (a chafer) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Omaloplia ruricola (a chafer) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesOmaloplia ruricola (a chafer)
SubfamilyMELOLONTHINAE (cockchafers)
FamilySCARABAEIDAE (scarab, dung and carrion beetles)
SuperfamilySCARABAEOIDEA (scarabs, dung and stag beetles)
Series Scarabaeiformia (scarabs, dung and stag 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 Omaloplia ruricola (a chafer)

Omaloplia ruricola (a chafer) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Sutton, P. 2003 Is Omaloplia ruricola (Fabricius, 1775) myrmecophilous? AES Bulletin No 62: 140-142.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Omaloplia ruricola (a chafer):

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