Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Coleoptera (Beetles) ➔ Family Silphidae (Carrion beetles)

Dendroxena quadrimaculata (Scopoli, 1772)

Vierpunktiger Aaskäfer Four-spotted Carrion Beetle

Synonyms and other combinations:

Peltis maculata Geoffroy, 1785 | Silpha 6-punctata Gerhardt, 1897 | Silpha flavicans Goeze, 1777 | Silpha quadrimaculata Scopoli, 1771 | Silpha quadripunctata Schreber, 1759 | Silpha schreberi Pope, 1965 |

  • Dendroxena quadrimaculata, larva 5347
    Dendroxena quadrimaculata (Scopoli, 1772)  Vierpunktiger Aaskäfer  Four-spotted Carrion Beetle 
    Dendroxena quadrimaculata, larva, conf. Christoph Benisch
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald; 2012-06-12 12:05:08
    Image number: 5347
    larva
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
    2012-06-12 12:05:08
    conf. Christoph Benisch
  • Dendroxena quadrimaculata, larva 5348
    Dendroxena quadrimaculata (Scopoli, 1772)  Vierpunktiger Aaskäfer  Four-spotted Carrion Beetle 
    Dendroxena quadrimaculata, larva, conf. Christoph Benisch
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald; 2012-06-12 12:04:20
    Image number: 5348
    larva
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
    2012-06-12 12:04:20
    conf. Christoph Benisch
  • Dendroxena quadrimaculata, larva 5349
    Dendroxena quadrimaculata (Scopoli, 1772)  Vierpunktiger Aaskäfer  Four-spotted Carrion Beetle 
    Dendroxena quadrimaculata, larva, det. Petr Zábranský
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald; 2012-06-12 12:04:03
    Image number: 5349
    larva
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
    2012-06-12 12:04:03
    det. Petr Zábranský
  • Dendroxena quadrimaculata, larva 5350
    Dendroxena quadrimaculata (Scopoli, 1772)  Vierpunktiger Aaskäfer  Four-spotted Carrion Beetle 
    Dendroxena quadrimaculata, larva, det. Petr Zábranský
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald; 2012-06-12 12:02:38
    Image number: 5350
    larva
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
    2012-06-12 12:02:38
    det. Petr Zábranský

Classification:
Dendroxena quadrimaculata belongs to the subfamily Silphinae.

References, further reading, links:
  1. Newton A.F. (2019). StaphBase: Staphyliniformia world catalog database (version Nov 2018). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2019 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Ower G., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2019. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.
  2. Harde, Severa: Der Kosmos Käferführer: Die Käfer Mitteleuropas, Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & KG, Stuttgart, ISBN 3-440-07682-2.