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    The rove beetles are a family (Staphylinidae) of beetles, primarily distinguished by their short elytra (wing covers) that typically leave more than half...
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  • Olavi Rove (1915–1966), Finnish gymnast and Olympic champion Rove beetle, members of the short-winged beetle family Staphylinidae Pictured rove beetle (Thinopinus...
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    The pictured rove beetle (Thinopinus pictus) is a wingless rove beetle which lives on the sandy beaches of the West Coast of the United States from southern...
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    communication purposes. Beetles typically have a particularly hard exoskeleton including the elytra, though some such as the rove beetles have very short elytra...
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  • Thumbnail for Devil's coach horse beetle
    The devil's coach-horse beetle (Ocypus olens) is a species of beetle belonging to the large family of the rove beetles (Staphylinidae). It was originally...
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    skin irritation resulting from contact with the hemolymph of certain rove beetles, a group that belongs to the insect order Coleoptera and the genus Paederus...
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    Creophilus maxillosus, the hairy rove beetle, is a species of rove beetle. Larvae of the hairy rove beetle range from 20–25 millimetres (0.79–0.98 in)...
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    Leptacinus intermedius (category Beetles of Europe)
    related to Leptacinus intermedius. Leptacinus intermedius is a European rove beetle, described in 1935 by Horace Donisthorpe. Like most staphylinids, L....
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  • Ocalea is a genus of the rove beetles (insects in the family Staphylinidae). The group contains 24 species which can be found on the mainland of Europe...
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  • J.; Solodovnikov, A.; Bai, M.; Żyła, D. (2022). "New Burmese Amber Rove Beetle Fossils Assigned to the Rare Extant Subfamily Coomaniinae (Coleoptera:...
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    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...
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    Nairobi fly (category Beetles of Africa)
    common name for two species of rove beetle in the genus Paederus, native to East Africa originating from Tanzania. The beetles contain a corrosive substance...
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    cingulatus, known generally as the gold-and-brown rove beetle or carrion beetle, is a species of large rove beetle in the family Staphylinidae. "Ontholestes cingulatus"...
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  • first aleocharine rove beetle (a member of the genus Cypha) from the Eocene Bitterfeld amber (Germany). The first fossil click beetle and ptilodactylid...
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    Velleius dilatatus (category Beetles of Europe)
    Velleius dilatatus , the hornet rove beetle, is a species of rove beetle belonging to the family Staphylinidae. This beetle is commensal with the European...
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    Dalotia coriaria (category Beetles of North America)
    Dalotia coriaria, the greenhouse rove beetle, is a species of staphylinid rove beetle in the subfamily Aleocharinae. It is used as a predatory biological...
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    The longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae), also known as long-horned or longicorns (whose larvae are often referred to as roundheaded borers), are a large family...
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  • pederin, an irritant in the hemolymph of a different group of beetles, the rove beetles. After skin comes in contact with cantharidin, local irritation...
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  • Thumbnail for Thoracophorus costalis
    Thoracophorus costalis, the furrowed rove beetle, is a species of unmargined rove beetle in the family Staphylinidae. It is found in Central America and...
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    Stag beetles are a family of about 1,200 species of beetles in the family Lucanidae, currently classified in four subfamilies. Some species grow to over...
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    referred to as skin beetles. Other common names include larder beetle, hide or leather beetles, carpet beetles, and khapra beetles. There are over 1,800...
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    if the colony could not locate a dark crevice in which to build. The rove beetle Velleius dilatatus is commensal with the European hornet, living much...
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    The rain beetles are a group of beetles whose extant species are found only in the far west of North America. They spend most of their lives underground...
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  • Thumbnail for Myrmecophily in Staphylinidae
    (commonly known as "rove beetles") have developed complex interspecies relationships with ants, known as myrmecophily. Rove beetles are among the most...
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    British Isles, consisting of 106 families. The largest beetle families in Ireland are the rove beetles (Staphylinidae) with 641 species, the weevils (Curculionidae)...
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    Elateridae or click beetles (or "typical click beetles" to distinguish them from the related families Cerophytidae and Eucnemidae, which are also capable...
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    Different types of beetles can be found on dead bodies the most significant include: Rove beetles – family Staphylinidae – are elongate beetles with small elytra...
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  • 0401. José L. Reyes-Hernández; Alexey Solodovnikov (2024). "Two new rove beetle genera in Staphylininae that reduce "Heterothops" and "Quedius" taxonomic...
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    Staphylininae are a subfamily of rove beetles (family Staphylinidae). They contain the typical rove beetles with their long but fairly robust blunt-headed...
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  • scorpion (3rd place) Indian cobra (1st place) Poisonous toad (5th place) Rove beetle (6th place) Stingray (4th place) Langur monkey (4th place) Tiger (1st...
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