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Staphylinidae
Staphylinidae
Translingual
Proper noun
Staphylinidae
- A taxonomic family within the order Coleoptera – the rove beetles.
Hypernyms
- (order): Insecta - class; Dicondylia - clade; Pterygota - subclass; Coleoptera - order; Polyphaga - suborder; Staphyliniformia - infraorder; Staphylinoidea - superfamily
Hyponyms
- (order): Aleocharinae, Apateticinae, Dasycerinae, Empelinae, Euaesthetinae, Glypholomatinae, Habrocerinae, Leptotyphlinae, Megalopsidiinae, Micropeplinae, Microsilphinae, Neophoninae, Olisthaerinae, Omaliinae, Osoriinae, Oxyporinae, Oxytelinae, Paederinae, Phloeocharinae, Piestinae, Proteininae, Protopselaphinae, Pselaphinae, Pseudopsinae, Scaphidiinae, Scydmaeninae, Solieriinae, Staphylininae, Steninae, Tachyporinae, Trigonurinae, Trichophyinae, †Protactinae - subfamilies
- Coprophilus, Edaphus, Kiwiaesthetus, Staphylinus - selected genera