Staphylinidae: Rove Beetles
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Description: Provides photographs and a description of this family of predatory beetles, their distribution, life cycle, habits and the subfamilies occurring in Florida.
common name: rove beetles [of Florida] scientific name: Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) Rove beetles are often abundant in habitats with large numbers of fly larvae — especially decaying fruit, decaying seaweed, compost, carrion, and dung -- where some are important predators of maggots and others prey on mites or nematodes. Because they are abundant in decaying plants and fruits, plant inspectors encounter them but often do not recognize them as beetles. This article is intended as an introduction to the Florida representatives of this large, diverse, and important family of beetles. Characterization here is to the level of subfamily (at least 18 subfamilies occur in Florida) because characterization to the level of genus (or species) would be too complicated for a publication of this kind. The best popular North American identification guide to beetles (White 1983), likewise characterizes Staphylinidae only to the level of subfamily (and its classification is outdated, and it does not provide references to the literature). However, Newton et al. (2001) provide keys to genera.
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| Page title: | rove beetles [of Florida] |
| Keywords: | rove beetles Coleoptera Staphylinidae |
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| Date | activated: 25-Mar-1986 last updated: 03-Feb-2014 expires: 31-Jul-2014 |