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Definition of Family Staphylinidae
1. Noun. Rove beetles.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Coleoptera, Order Coleoptera
Member holonyms: Rove Beetle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Staphylinidae
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 ..."