Olophrum fuscum (Gravenhorst, 1806)
(a rove beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesOlophrum fuscum (a rove beetle)
GenusOlophrum (a genus of rove beetles)
SubfamilyOMALIINAE (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
Hammond, PM. 1970 Notes on the British Staphylinidae 1. The status of Olophrum nicholsoni Donsithorpe with notes on the other British species of Olophrum (Col. Staphylinidae) EMM Ent. Mon. Mag.: 165-170.

Olophrum fuscum (a rove beetle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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