Tachyporus hypnorum (Fabricius, 1775)
(a rove beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTachyporus hypnorum (a rove beetle)
GenusTachyporus (a genus of rove beetles)
SubfamilyTACHYPORINAE (a subfamily of 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)
Records of Tachyporus hypnorum (a rove beetle) :
1: Tachyporus hypnorum (a rove beetle) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
6 Apr 1974 OSGR: SE64 53° 60’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: South-east Yorks (VC 61) England
under stones
Image 1: Dorsal view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 2: Dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged (2)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Cooter, J. & Barclay M.V.L. (eds) 2006 A Coleopterist’s handbook The Amateur Entomolgist, 11, Fourth Edition edition, 439pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society

Tachyporus hypnorum (a rove beetle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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