Ontholestes murinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
(a rove beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesOntholestes murinus (a rove beetle)
SubfamilySTAPHYLININAE (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 Ontholestes murinus (a rove beetle) :
1: Ontholestes murinus (a rove beetle)
13 Jun 1999 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
in Cow Pat
Image 1: Dorsal viewImage 2: Dorsal view (2)Image 3: Dorsal view - largeImage 4: Head & antennae - close-upImage 5: Head - close-upImage 6: Ventral view - large

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

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