Orthoperus Stephens, 1829
(a genus of minute fungus beetles)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusOrthoperus (a genus of minute fungus beetles)
FamilyCORYLOPHIDAE (minute fungus beetles)
SuperfamilyCUCUJOIDEA (a superfamily of beetles)
Series Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
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
Bruce, N. 1948 The Scandinavian species of the genus Orthoperus Steph. (Coleoptera) with a discussion of some species occurrng outside Scandinavia and a description of a new genus Opuscula Entomologica Supp IX.

Orthoperus (a genus of minute fungus beetles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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