Sepedophilus littoreus (Linnaeus, 1758)
(a rove beetle)

Interactions where Sepedophilus littoreus 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
forehead (anterior central) (live) live forehead (anterior central) of adult is ectoparasitised by ascoma UK/Ireland Stichomyces conosomatis a laboulbeniomycete Laboulbeniales: Laboulbeniaceae New British Laboulbeniales, Weir, A. & Beakes, G.W., 1993
A preliminary host-parasite checklist of British Laboulbeniales, Weir, A., 1996
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Laboulbeniomycetes/Laboulbeniales/Laboulbeniaceae/Stichomyces conosomatis/Stichomyces conosomatisa laboulbeniomyceteascoma Animal / parasite / ectoparasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Staphylinidae/Sepedophilus littoreus/Sepedophilus littoreusa rove beetleliveforehead (anterior central)adult ascoma ectoparasitises live forehead (anterior central) of adult

Author & YearTitleSource
Weir, A. & Beakes, G.W., 1993New British LaboulbenialesMycol. Res. Vol 97 (9): 1045-1055.
Weir, A., 1996A preliminary host-parasite checklist of British LaboulbenialesEntomologist Vol 115: 50-58.

Sepedophilus littoreus (a rove beetle) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Sepedophilus littoreus (a rove beetle) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSepedophilus littoreus (a rove beetle)
GenusSepedophilus (a genus of rove beetles)
SubfamilyTACHYPORINAE (a subfamily of beetles)
FamilySTAPHYLINIDAE (rove beetles)
SuperfamilySTAPHYLINOIDEA (rove, sexton and featherwing 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 Sepedophilus littoreus (a rove beetle)

Sepedophilus littoreus (a rove beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Sepedophilus littoreus (a rove beetle):

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