Sericoderus brevicornis Matthews, A., 1890
(a minute fungus beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSericoderus brevicornis (a minute fungus beetle)
FamilyCORYLOPHIDAE (minute fungus beetles)
SuperfamilyCUCUJOIDEA (a superfamily of beetles)
Series Cucujiformia (a group of 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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
() Bowestead, S. 2002 Sericoderus brevicornis Matthews (Coleoptera: Corylophidae) redescribed and new to New Zealand New Zealand Entomologist vol 25 (1): 65-67.

Sericoderus brevicornis (a minute fungus beetle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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