Hister unicolor Linnaeus, 1758
(a clown beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHister unicolor (a clown beetle)
GenusHister (a genus of clown beetles)
FamilyHISTERIDAE (clown beetles)
SuperfamilyHYDROPHILOIDEA (scavenger water 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)
Records of Hister unicolor (a clown beetle) :
1: Hister unicolor (a clown beetle)
9 Jun 2012 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
on path near cow pat
Image 1: Dorsal view - highly enlarged - black backgroundImage 2: Head, thorax, front legs - anterior view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 3: Latero-dorsal view - highly enlarged - black backgroundImage 4: Ventral view - highly enlarged - black background

Hister unicolor (a clown beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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