-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

-Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

-Insects (Class Insecta)

-Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

-Beetles (Order Coleoptera​​)

-​Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf, and Snout Beetles (Suborder Polyphaga)

-​Cucujiform Beetles (Infraorder Cucujiformia)

-Darkling Beetles and Allies (Superfamily Tenebrionoidea)

-Darkling Beetles (Family Tenebrionidae)

-Subfamily Stenochiinae

-Tribe Stenochiini

-Genus Strongylium

Strongylium is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. Darkling Beetles, as scavengers, are usually found in dark locations such as under debris, logs, or stones.