Stenus cicindeloides (Schaller, 1783)
(a rove beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesStenus cicindeloides (a rove beetle)
GenusStenus (a genus of rove beetles)
SubfamilySTENINAE (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 Stenus cicindeloides (a rove beetle) :
1: Stenus cicindeloides (a rove beetle)
11 Jul 2000 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
among lodged Glyceria maxima standing in shallow water
Image 1: Dorsal with tail down and proboscis extendedImage 2: Dorsal with tail up and proboscis extendedImage 3: Head & thorax with proboscis extended - dorsal - close-upImage 4: Head & thorax with proboscis extended - dorsal - close-up (2)Image 5: Head & thorax with proboscis extended - lateral - close-upImage 6: Lateral view with tail up and proboscis extendedImage 7: Thorax & elytra - dorsal - close-up

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Stenus cicindeloides (a rove beetle)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Stenus cicindeloides (a rove beetle)
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