LEIODINAE Fleming, 1821
(a subfamily of round fungus beetles)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
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Anisotoma
a genus of round fungus beetles
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Leiodes
a genus of round fungus beetles
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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
Cooter, J. 1996 Annotated keys to the British Leiodinae (Col. Leiodidae) Ent. Mon. Mag. Vol 132: 205-271.

LEIODINAE (a subfamily of round fungus beetles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for LEIODINAE (a subfamily of round fungus beetles)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 6 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for LEIODINAE (a subfamily of round fungus beetles)
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