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The rove beetles are a family (Staphylinidae) of beetles, primarily distinguished by their short elytra that typically leave more than half of their abdominal segments exposed. With over 66,000 species in thousands of genera, the group is the largest family in the beetle order, and one of the largest families of organisms. 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 member of this family. They are an ecologically and morphologically diverse group of beetles, and commonly encountered in terrestrial ecosystems.
Priochirus unicolor is a species of beetles belonging to the family Staphylinidae. This species can be found in Indonesia.
Apalonia is a genus of rove beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are at least 40 described species in Apalonia.
Platyusa is a monotypic genus of rove beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There is one described species in Platyusa, P. sonomae, found in the western United States.
Omaliini is a tribe of ocellate rove beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are about 45 genera and 450 described species in Omaliini.
Tarphiota is a genus in the family of beetles known as Staphylinidae. There are at least three described species in Tarphiota.
Trigonurus is a genus of rove beetles in the family Staphylinidae, the only family of the subfamily Trigonurinae. There are about nine described species in Trigonurus, found in the Holarctic.
Apalonia seticornis is a species of rove beetle in the family Staphylinidae. It is found in North America.
Sceptobius is a genus of rove beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are at least three described species in Sceptobius.
Atheta is a genus of rove beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are more than 640 described species in Atheta.
Ecitoxenidia is a genus of rove beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are about five described species in Ecitoxenidia.
Xenodusa is a genus of rove beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are about five described species in Xenodusa.
Halobrecta is a genus of rove beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are about six described species in Halobrecta.
Zyras rudis is a species of rove beetle in the family Staphylinidae. It is found in North America.
Xenodusa reflexa is a species of rove beetle in the family Staphylinidae. It is found in North America.
Dinardilla is a genus of rove beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are at least two described species in Dinardilla.
Myrmoecia is a genus of rove beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are about nine described species in Myrmoecia.
Microdonia is a genus of rove beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are at least four described species in Microdonia.
Tachyusa is a genus of rove beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are more than 20 described species in Tachyusa.
Peter Michael Hammond was a British entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera (beetles). For many years he was the head of the Coleoptera section at the Natural History Museum, London.
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- A revision of the Palaearctic species of the genus Dropephylla (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae). T Jászay, P Hlavác - Entomological Problems, 2006
- Clarifications of and corrections to A revision of the Palaearctic species of the genus Dropephylla (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae). MK Thayer, T Jaszay, P Hlavác, Entomological Problems, 2007
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