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Family Staphylinidae - Rove Beetles

Phylum Arthropoda - Arthropods
Class Insecta - Insects
Order Coleoptera - Beetles
Suborder Polyphaga - Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles
Superfamily Staphylinoidea - Rove, Carrion and Fungus Beetles
Family Staphylinidae - Rove Beetles

Subfamily Aleocharinae
Subfamily Euaesthetinae
Subfamily Habrocerinae
Subfamily Micropeplinae
Subfamily Olisthaerinae
Subfamily Omaliinae - Ocellate Rove Beetles
Subfamily Osoriinae - Unmargined Rove Beetles
Subfamily Oxyporinae - Cross-toothed Rove Beetles
Subfamily Oxytelinae - Spiny-legged Rove Beetles
Subfamily Paederinae
Subfamily Phloeocharinae
Subfamily Piestinae - Flat Rove Beetles
Subfamily Proteininae
Subfamily Pselaphinae - Ant-loving Beetles
Subfamily Pseudopsinae
Subfamily Scaphidiinae - Shining Fungus Beetles
Subfamily Scydmaeninae - Ant-like Stone Beetles
Subfamily Staphylininae - Large Rove Beetles
Subfamily Steninae - Water Skaters
Subfamily Tachyporinae - Crab-like Rove Beetles
Subfamily Trigonurinae
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