Dianous coerulescens (Gyllenhal, 1810)
(a rove beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDianous coerulescens (a rove beetle)
SubfamilySTENINAE (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 Dianous coerulescens (a rove beetle) :
1: Dianous coerulescens (a rove beetle)
21 Apr 1974 OSGR: SD76 54° 0’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Mid-west Yorks (VC 64) England
Image 1: Dorsal view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 2: Dorsolateral view - close-up - highly enlarged

Dianous coerulescens (a rove beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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