Staphylinoidea
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Translingual
Etymology
Proper noun
Staphylinoidea
- A taxonomic superfamily within the order Coleoptera – rove beetles, carrion beetles, featherwing beetles, moss beetles, fungus beetles.
Hypernyms
- (superfamily): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Holometabola – superorder; Coleoptera – order; Polyphaga – suborder; Staphyliniformia – infraorder
Hyponyms
- (superfamily): Agyrtidae (burying beetles), Hydraenidae (minute moss beetles), Jacobsoniidae, Leiodidae (round bungus beetles), Ptiliidae (featherwing beetles), Silphidae (carrion beetles, now subfamily Silphinae in Staphylinidae), Staphylinidae (rove beetles) – families
References
Staphylinoidea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Staphylinoidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Staphylinoidea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
