Definition of Family Staphylinidae

1. Noun. Rove beetles.

Exact synonyms: Staphylinidae
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Coleoptera, Order Coleoptera
Member holonyms: Rove Beetle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Staphylinidae

family Sphaeriaceae
family Sphaerobolaceae
family Sphaerocarpaceae
family Sphecidae
family Spheniscidae
family Sphingidae
family Sphyraenidae
family Sphyrnidae
family Spirillaceae
family Spirochaetaceae
family Spirulidae
family Squalidae
family Squatinidae
family Squillidae
family Staphylaceae
family Staphylinidae (current term)
family Steatornithidae
family Stenopelmatidae
family Stercorariidae
family Sterculiaceae
family Stichaeidae
family Stizidae
family Strelitziaceae
family Streptomycetaceae
family Strigidae
family Stromateidae
family Strombidae
family Strophariaceae
family Struthionidae
family Sturnidae

Literary usage of Family Staphylinidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Biological Control of Insects and Mites: An Introduction to Beneficial by Daniel L. Mahr, Nino M. Ridgway (1993)
"Figure 3 I. A rove beetle, family Staphylinidae. FAMILY HISTERIDAE Hister beetles Hister beetles (figure 33) are usually less than 10 mm long, shiny black, ..."

2. Injurious and Useful Insects: An Introduction to the Study of Economic by Louis Compton Miall (1902)
"family Staphylinidae (rove-beetles). Wing-covers short, exposing most of the abdomen, whose segments are very mobile. To this family belongs the devil's ..."

3. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1891)
"... of the family Staphylinidae they are of comparatively small extent, but all of such a nature as to render their synoptic treatment a most thankless and ..."

4. Zoology of the Invertebrata: A Text-book for Students. by Arthur Everett Shipley (1893)
"Family STAPHYLINIDAE.— This group includes the rove- beetles and devil's coach-horses. They have long linear bodies, with very short elytra, which leave the ..."

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