Staphylinoidea

Translingual

Etymology

Staphylinus +‎ -oidea

Proper noun

Staphylinoidea

1. 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