Tachyporus obtusus (Linnaeus, 1767)
(a rove beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTachyporus obtusus (a rove beetle)
GenusTachyporus (a genus of rove beetles)
SubfamilyTACHYPORINAE (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 Tachyporus obtusus (a rove beetle) :
1: Tachyporus obtusus (a rove beetle) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
13 Mar 1972 OSGR: SE75 53° 60’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: South-east Yorks (VC 61) England
Image 1: Dorsal view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 2: Dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged (2)

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

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