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 |   | Kingdom | Animalia 
 – Animal, animaux, animals | 
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|   |    Subkingdom | Bilateria 
 – triploblasts | 
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|   |       Infrakingdom | Protostomia 
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|   |          Superphylum | Ecdysozoa 
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|   |             Phylum | Arthropoda 
 – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods | 
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|   |                Subphylum | Hexapoda 
 – hexapods | 
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|   |                   Class | Insecta 
 – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes | 
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|   |                      Subclass | Pterygota 
 – insects ailés, winged insects | 
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|   |                         Infraclass | Neoptera 
 – modern, wing-folding insects | 
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|   |                            Superorder | Holometabola 
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|   |                               Order | Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758
 – beetles, coléoptères, besouro | 
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|   |                                  Suborder | Polyphaga Emery, 1886
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|   |                                     Infraorder | Staphyliniformia Lameere, 1900
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|   |                                        Superfamily | Histeroidea Gyllenhal, 1808
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|   |                                           Family | Histeridae Gyllenhal, 1808
 – clown beetles, hister beetles | 
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|   |                                              Subfamily | Histerinae Gyllenhal, 1808
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|   |                                                 Tribe | Histerini Gyllenhal, 1808
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|   |                                                    Genus | Margarinotus Marseul, 1853 | 
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 |   |                                                       Subgenus | 
Margarinotus (Asterister) Desbordes, 1920
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Margarinotus (Eucalohister) Reitter, 1909
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Margarinotus (Grammostethus) Lewis, 1906
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Margarinotus (Kurilister) Tishechkin, 1992
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|   |                                                       Subgenus | 
Margarinotus (Margarinotus) Marseul, 1853
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Margarinotus (Myrmecohister) Ôhara, 1999
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Margarinotus (Paralister) Bickhardt, 1917
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Margarinotus (Promethister) Kryzhanovskij, 1966
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Margarinotus (Ptomister) Houlbert and Monnot, 1923
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|   |                                                       Subgenus | 
Margarinotus (Stenister) Reichardt, 1926
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