HYSTEROIDEA
(clown and sphaeritid beetles)

HYSTEROIDEA (clown and sphaeritid beetles) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

HYSTEROIDEA (clown and sphaeritid beetles) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SuperfamilyHYSTEROIDEA (clown and sphaeritid 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)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (Eds.) Die Käfer Mitteleuropas. Band 3: Adephaga 2. Die Käfer Mitteleuropas, Vol 3, Goecke & Evers, Krefeld
Halstead, D.G.H. 1963 Coleoptera: Histeroidea Handbooks for the identification of British insects, Vol IV, Part 10, 16pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

HYSTEROIDEA (clown and sphaeritid beetles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to HYSTEROIDEA (clown and sphaeritid beetles):

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