Tachyporus Gravenhorst, 1802
(a genus of rove beetles)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
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Tachyporus chrysomelinus/dispar
a species aggregate of beetles
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 		Species aggregate 12 images
Tachyporus hypnorum
a rove beetle
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 		Species 2 images 1 ident. refs
Tachyporus obtusus
a rove beetle
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 		Species 2 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Cameron, M. 1944 On the British Species of the genus Tachyporus Gr. (Col., Staphylindae) Ent. Mon. Mag. 80: 16-17.

Tachyporus (a genus of rove beetles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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