kingdom: Animalia >
phylum: Arthropoda >
class: Insecta >
order: Coleoptera >
superfamily: Staphylinoidea Latreille, 1802 >
family: Staphylinidae Latreille, 1802 >
subfamily: Aleocharinae Fleming, 1821 >
tribe: Homalotini Heer, 1839 >
subtribe: Gyrophaenina Kraatz, 1856 >
genus: Encephalus Stephens, 1832 >