Leiodes cinnamomea (Panzer, 1793)
(Truffle Beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLeiodes cinnamomea (Truffle Beetle)
GenusLeiodes (a genus of round fungus beetles)
SubfamilyLEIODINAE (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
Anderson, R. 2001 Fungi and Beetles - diversity within diversity Field Mycology Vol 2 (3): 82-87.

Leiodes cinnamomea (Truffle Beetle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Leiodes cinnamomea (Truffle Beetle)
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