Atheta Thomson, C.G., 1858
(a genus of rove beetles)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusAtheta (a genus of rove beetles)
SubfamilyALEOCHARINAE (a subfamily of rove 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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Cameron, M. 1913 *** IX Synoptic table of the British Species of Aleuonota, Thoms., Atheta, Thoms. and Sipalia, Rey. ***(Superseded) Trans. ent. Soc. Lond.: 284-313.
() Strand, A. & Vik, A. 1964 Die Genitalorgane der nordischen Arten der Gattung Atheta Thomas. (Col., Staphylinidae) Norsk. Ent. Tidskr. 12: 327-335.

Atheta (a genus of rove beetles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Atheta (a genus of rove beetles)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 8 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Atheta (a genus of rove beetles)
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