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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Staphylinidae |
| Subfamily: | Pselaphinae |
| Supertribe: | Pselaphitae |
| Tribe: | Tyrini |
| Subtribe: | Centrophthalmina |
| Genus: | Centrophthalmus Schmidt-Göbel, 1838 [1] |
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