PHALACRIDAE Leach, 1815
(smut beetles)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyPHALACRIDAE (smut 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
Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (Eds.) Die Käfer Mitteleuropas. Band 7 (Clavicornia) Die Käfer Mitteleuropas, Vol 7, Goecke & Evers, Krefeld
Thompson, R.T. 1958 Phalacridae Handbooks for the Identifcation of British Insects, Vol V. Pt 5(b), 17pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

PHALACRIDAE (smut beetles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for PHALACRIDAE (smut beetles)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 21 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for PHALACRIDAE (smut beetles)
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