STAPHYLINOIDEA Latreille, 1802
(rove, sexton and featherwing beetles)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
HYDRAENIDAE
small water beetles
Family 3 ident. refs
LEIODIDAE
round fungus beetles
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 		Family 4 subtaxa 5 images 7 ident. refs
PTILIIDAE
featherwing beetles
Family 1 ident. refs
SILPHIDAE
sexton beetles
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 		Family 8 subtaxa 59 images 9 ident. refs
STAPHYLINIDAE
rove beetles
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 		Family 31 subtaxa 145 images 30 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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
Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (Eds.) Die Käfer Mitteleuropas. Band 3: Adephaga 2. Die Käfer Mitteleuropas, Vol 3, Goecke & Evers, Krefeld

STAPHYLINOIDEA (rove, sexton and featherwing beetles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for STAPHYLINOIDEA (rove, sexton and featherwing beetles)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 135 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for STAPHYLINOIDEA (rove, sexton and featherwing beetles)
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