STAPHYLININAE Latreille, 1802
(a subfamily of beetles)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Ocypus
a genus of rove beetles
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 4 images 1 ident. refs
Ontholestes murinus
a rove beetle
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 		Species 6 images
Philonthus
a genus of rove beetles
Genus 1 ident. refs
Platydracus
a genus of rove beetles
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 5 images
Quedius
a genus of rove beetles
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 7 images 2 ident. refs
Staphylinus
a genus of rove beetles
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 		Genus 2 subtaxa 30 images 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubfamilySTAPHYLININAE (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)

STAPHYLININAE (a subfamily of beetles) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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