Staphyliniformia Lameere, 1900
(burying beetles, carrion beetles, rove beetles etc.)

Staphyliniformia (burying beetles, carrion beetles, rove beetles etc.) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Staphyliniformia (burying beetles, carrion beetles, rove beetles etc.) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
HYDROPHILOIDEA
scavenger water beetles
Superfamily 23 subtaxa 21 trophisms 30 references
HYSTEROIDEA
clown and sphaeritid beetles
Superfamily 2 references
STAPHYLINOIDEA
rove, sexton and featherwing beetles
Superfamily 122 subtaxa 135 trophisms 58 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Staphyliniformia (burying beetles, carrion beetles, rove beetles etc.)

Staphyliniformia (burying beetles, carrion beetles, rove beetles etc.) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Staphyliniformia (burying beetles, carrion beetles, rove beetles etc.):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 242 images of Staphyliniformia (burying beetles, carrion beetles, rove beetles etc.)
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