Staphylinidae (Rove Beetles)

The rove beetles are a family (Staphylinidae) of beetles, primarily distinguished by their short elytra (wing covers) that typically leave more than half of their abdomens exposed. With roughly 63,000 species in thousands of genera, the group is currently recognized as the largest extant family of beetles. 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.
One well-known species is the devil's coach horse beetle.
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== Genus and Species ==
* Ocypus (21 species)
** Ocypus affinis
** Ocypus alfierii
** Ocypus auroguttatus
** Ocypus aurosericans
** Ocypus baronii
** Ocypus cameroni
** Ocypus curtipennis
** Ocypus cyaneopubens
** Ocypus festae
** Ocypus miwai
** Ocypus olens (Devil's Coach-horse Beetle)
*** Ocypus olens azoricus
*** Ocypus olens olens
** Ocypus ophthalmicus
*** Ocypus ophthalmicus atrocyaneus
*** Ocypus ophthalmicus balearicus
*** Ocypus ophthalmicus benoiti
*** Ocypus ophthalmicus brigitteae
*** Ocypus ophthalmicus ophthalmicus
*** Ocypus ophthalmicus rodopensis
** Ocypus quadrimaculatus
** Ocypus rhaeticus
** Ocypus rhoetus
** Ocypus sikkimensis
** Ocypus thericles
** Ocypus umbro
** Ocypus wasmanni
** Ocypus weisei
** Ocypus zopyrus