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The rove beetles are a family (Staphylinidae) of beetles, [2] primarily distinguished by their short elytra (wing covers) that typically leave more than half of their abdominal segments exposed. With over 66,000 species in thousands of genera, the group is one of the largest families in the beetle order, and one of the largest families of ...
The larvae and adults have long, curved mandibles which are used for chewing. They feed on carcasses (from the hours after death to the advanced stages of decomposition), as well as on maggot, specifically hairy maggot blow flies that tend to be on dead animals. Hairy rove beetles at four days and larva at seven days under rabbit carrion.
Paederus is a genus of small beetles of the family Staphylinidae ("rove beetles"). With 622 valid species assigned by 1987 to the subtribe Paederina (Paederus and its close allies), and with all but 148 within Paederus itself, [2] the genus is large.
Aleochara is a genus in the beetle family Staphylinidae, the rove beetles.Larvae of Staphylinidae occur in many assorted ecological roles, most being scavengers, predators or carrion feeders, but the larvae of at least those species of Aleochara whose life histories are known are parasitoids.
Dalotia coriaria, the greenhouse rove beetle, is a species of staphylinid rove beetle in the subfamily Aleocharinae. It is used as a predatory biological control agent for the management of pest insects.
Xantholinus is a genus of the beetle family Staphylinidae, the rove beetles. They can be found throughout the world. [1] Most are native to the Palearctic realm, and some have been introduced to North America. [2] The larvae of at least some species are bioluminescent. [1] There are about 274 species in this genus. [1] Xantholinus glabratus ...
Platydracus cinnamopterus in SW Pennsylvania. Staphylininae are a subfamily of rove beetles (family Staphylinidae). They contain the typical rove beetles with their long but fairly robust blunt-headed and -tipped bodies and short elytra, as well as some more unusually-shaped lineages.
Lomechusa pubicollis is a species of rove beetle in the family Staphylinidae.It is unusual in that its larvae develop in the nests of one species of ant and the immature adults overwinter in the nest of another species of ant.