Choleva agilis (Illiger, 1798)
(a round fungus beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCholeva agilis (a round fungus beetle)
GenusCholeva (a genus of round fungus beetles)
SubfamilyCATOPINAE (a subfamily of round fungus beetles)
FamilyLEIODIDAE (round fungus 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
Schilthuizen, M. 1990 A revision of Choleva agilis (Illiger, 1798) and related species (Coleoptera: Staphylinoidea: Cholevidae) Zool. Med. Leiden Vol 64: 121-153.

Choleva agilis (a round fungus beetle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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