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Rove Beetles
Staphylinidae
The rove beetles are a family (Staphylinidae) of beetles, primarily distinguished by their short elytra (wing covers) that typically leave more than half of their abdomens exposed. With roughly 63,000 species in thousands of genera, the group is currently recognized as the largest extant family of beetles. It is an ancient group, with fossilized rove beetles known from the Triassic, 200 million years ago, and possibly even earlier if the genus Leehermania proves to be a...
34 branches of this family, most-observed first
Burying and Carrion Beetles
subfamilySilphinae
Large Rove Beetles
subfamilyStaphylininae
Paederinae
subfamilyPaederinae
Aleocharinae
subfamilyAleocharinae
Crablike Rove Beetles
subfamilyTachyporinae
Spiny-legged Rove Beetles
subfamilyOxytelinae
Omaliinae
subfamilyOmaliinae
Water Skater Beetles
subfamilySteninae
Shining Fungus Beetles
subfamilyScaphidiinae
Ant-like litter beetles
subfamilyPselaphinae
Ant-like Stone Beetles
subfamilyScydmaeninae
Mycetoporinae
subfamilyMycetoporinae
Osoriinae
subfamilyOsoriinae
Cross-toothed Rove Beetles
subfamilyOxyporinae
Proteininae
subfamilyProteininae
Piestinae
subfamilyPiestinae
Habrocerinae
subfamilyHabrocerinae
Euaesthetinae
subfamilyEuaesthetinae
Micropeplinae
subfamilyMicropeplinae
Megalopsidiinae
subfamilyMegalopsidiinae
Dasycerinae
subfamilyDasycerinae
Phloeocharinae
subfamilyPhloeocharinae
Pseudopsinae
subfamilyPseudopsinae
Trigonurinae
subfamilyTrigonurinae
Apateticinae
subfamilyApateticinae
Trichophyinae
subfamilyTrichophyinae
Leptotyphlinae
subfamilyLeptotyphlinae
Olisthaerinae
subfamilyOlisthaerinae
Microsilphinae
subfamilyMicrosilphinae
Glypholomatinae
subfamilyGlypholomatinae
Neophoninae
subfamilyNeophoninae
Empelinae
subfamilyEmpelinae
Solieriinae
subfamilySolieriinae
Protopselaphinae
subfamilyProtopselaphinae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47951.