kingdom: Animalia >
phylum: Arthropoda >
class: Insecta >
order: Coleoptera >
superfamily: Staphylinoidea Latreille, 1802 >
family: Staphylinidae Latreille, 1802 >
subfamily: Aleocharinae Fleming, 1821 >
tribe: Geostibini Seevers, 1978 >
genus: Geostiba Thomson, C. G., 1858 >