Rove Beetles
Staphylinidae
Summary 2
The rove beetles are a family (Staphylinidae) of beetles, primarily distinguished by their short elytra that leave more than half of their abdomens exposed. With approximately 58,000 species in thousands of genera, the group is currently recognized as the largest family of beetles. It is an ancient group, with fossil rove beetles known from the Triassic, 200 million years ago, and possibly even earlier if the recently described Leehermania proves to be a member of this...
SoCal Status 3
Known Species per The California Beetle Database .
Acalophaena compacta
Acrolocha helferi
Acrotona umbrina
Actiastes desertorum
Actium arundineum
Actium californicum
Actium ojaiensis
Actium vestigialis
Acylophorus gilensis
Adota gnypetoides
Adota maritima
Aleochara arenaria
Aleochara bimaculata
Aleochara cavernicula
Aleochara curtidens
Aleochara densissima
Aleochara depressa
Aleochara fenyesi
Aleochara fumata
Aleochara lacertina
Aleochara lanuginosa
Aleochara lata
Aleochara littoralis
Aleochara lobata
Aleochara maritima
Aleochara minuta
Aleochara notula
Aleochara opacella
Aleochara pacifica
Aleochara puberula
Aleochara speculicollis
Aleochara sulcicollis
Aleochara taeniata
Aleochara valida
Aleochara verna
Aleochara villosa
Amphichroum floribundum
Amphichroum maculatum
Amphichroum undetermined
Anomognathus sp.
Anotylus rugosus
Anotylus sobrinus
Anthobium undetermined
Anthophagus undetermined
Aploderus flavipennis
Apocellus analis
Apocellus sphaericollis
Astenus sp.
Atanygnathus acuminatus
Atanygnathus californicus
Atheta hampshirensis
Atrecus macrocephalus
Atrecus punctiventris
Bamona falliana
Belonuchus arizonicus
Belonuchus ephippiatus
Belonuchus moquinus
Biocrypta prospiciens
Biotus formicarius
Bisnius albionicus
Bisnius cephalotes
Bisnius filicornis
Bisnius instabilis
Bisnius parcus
Bisnius sordidus
Bisnius versutus
Bledius actitus
Bledius albonotatus
Bledius aurantius
Bledius bicolor
Bledius clarus
Bledius diagonalis
Bledius episcopalis
Bledius eximius
Bledius fenyesi
Bledius ferratus
Bledius flavipennis
Bledius foraminosus
Bledius forcipatus
Bledius gentilis
Bledius jacobinus
Bledius laticollis
Bledius melanocolus
Bledius monstratus
Bledius nitidiceps
Bledius opacifrons
Bledius persimilis
Bledius phytosinus
Bledius punctatissimus
Bledius ruficornis
Bledius strenuus
Bledius suturalis
Bledius venus
Bolitobius undetermined
Bolitopunctus punctatissimus
Bolitopunctus punctatissimus or n. sp.
Brachygluta foveata
Brachygluta loripes
Brachygluta undetermined
Bryobiota bicolor
Bryophacis discalis
Bryophacis rubescens
Bryoporus rufescens
Bryothinusa catalinae
Cafius canescens
Cafius decipiens
Cafius lithocharinus
Cafius luteipennis
Cafius opacus
Cafius seminitens
Cafius sulcicollis
Carpelimus blediinus
Carpelimus confinis
Carpelimus debilis
Carpelimus dentiger
Carpelimus filum
Carpelimus gilae
Carpelimus pacificus
Carpelimus pauperculus
Carpelimus prominens
Cilea silphoides
Clavilispinus linearis
Coproporus lecontei
Coproporus pulchellus
Coproporus rutilus
Coryphium arizonense
Coryphium undetermined
Creophilus maxillosus
Ctenisis phylanderi
Cypha sp.
Dacnochilus fresnoensis
Dacnochilus laetus
Dacnochilus nigrapicalis
Dasycerus angulicollis
Decarthron brendeli
Decarthron discolor
Deinopteroloma pictum
Deinopteroloma subcostatum
Diaulota densissima
Diaulota fulviventris
Diaulota harteri
Diaulota vandykei
Diglotta legneri
Diglotta pacifica
Dinocoryna arizonensis
Dinothenarus luteipes
Dinothenarus saphyrinus
Dropephylla cacti
Earota dentata
Erichsonius pomonae
Erichsonius puncticeps
Euplectus californicus
Eusphalerum atriventre
Eusphalerum tibiale
Euthorax sp.
Falagriota occidua
Fenderia loebli
Fustiger fuchsii
Gabrius aelius
Gabrius clunalis
Gabrius crassulus
Gabrius fenderi
Gabrius forcipatus
Gabrius horni
Gabrius nigritulus
Geodromicus temporalis
Geodromicus undetermined
Gyrohypnus angustatus
Gyrohypnus fracticornis
Gyrophaena californica
Gyrophaena sierrae
Habrocerus capillaricornis
Hadrotes crassus
Halobrecta algophila
Hapalaraea megarthroides
Hesperolinus angustatus
Hesperolinus parcus
Hesperotychus adustus
Hesperotychus fenyesi
Hesperotychus hexagonus
Hesperotychus macclayi
Hesperotychus tantillus
Hesperotychus tenellus
Heterothops carbonatus
Heterothops conformis
Heterothops fusculus
Heterothops gemellus
Heterothops occidentis
Heterothops pusio
Heterothops simulatrix
Holobus oviformis
Homaeotarsus californicum
Hoplandria lateralis
Ischnosoma hospitale
Lepitacnus pallidulus
Leptacinus intermedius
Leptacinus pusillus
Linohesperus borealis
Linohesperus brunnescens
Linohesperus cuspifer
Linohesperus effeminatus
Linohesperus emarginatus
Linohesperus hamatus
Linohesperus hesperius
Linohesperus indistinctus
Linohesperus nanus
Linohesperus obtusus
Linohesperus rutilis
Linohesperus rutilus
Liometoxenus newtonarum
Liparocephalus cordicollis
Lissagria laeviuscula
Lithocharis ardenus
Lithocharis ochracea
Lithocharodes ruficollis
Lobrathium californica
Lobrathium jacobiana
Lobrathium lituaria
Lordithon cascadensis
Lordithon fungicola
Lordithon oregonus
Lordithon poecilus
Lordithon thoracicus
Lordithon thoracicus venustus
Mannerheimia undetermined
Meronera sp.
Microdonia nitidiventris
Micropeplus lecontei
Micropeplus neotomae
Micropeplus punctatus
Micropeplus robustus
Mycetoporus neotomae
Mycetoporus nigrans
Mycetoporus pacificus
Mycetoporus rugosus
Myllaena audax
Myllaena decreta
Myllaena fenyesi
Myllaena potawotami
Myllaena serrano
Myrmecocephalus concinnus
Nanobius serricollis
Nehemitropia lividipennis
Neobisnius gratus
Neobisnius infimus
Neobisnius nothocreatus
Neobisnius occidentoides
Neobisnius sobrinus
Neobisnius terminalis
Neobolitobius undetermined
Neohypnus attenuatus
Neohypnus dimidiatus
Neohypnus fragilis
Neohypnus lustrans
Neohypnus picipennis
Neohypnus pusillus
Nitidotachinus agilis
Nitidotachinus lanei
Nudobius pugetanus
Ocypus olens
Omaliopsis ectopia
Omalium algarum
Omalium alutaceum
Omalium humile
Omalium theveneti
Orobanus rufipes
Oropodes chumash
Oropodes esselen
Oropodes orbiceps
Oropodes serrano
Oropodes tatavium
Oropodes tongva
Oropus cavicauda
Oropus grigaricki
Oropus interruptus
Oropus striatus
Oropus tuberculatus
Orus ferrugineus
Orus fraternus
Orus frommeri
Orus montanus
Orus parallelus
Orus punctatus
Orus sinuatus
Oxytelus sculptus
Paederus compotens
Paederus ustus
Palaminus lividus
Paradilacra densissima
Paraphloeostiba gayndahensis
Pelecomalium puberulum
Pella fauveli
Phacophallus parumpunctatus
Phacophallus tricolor
Philonthus aberti
Philonthus acamas
Philonthus alutaceus
Philonthus aurulentus
Philonthus caurinus
Philonthus crotchi
Philonthus cruentatus
Philonthus davus
Philonthus discoideus
Philonthus eryx
Philonthus ferreipennis
Philonthus ferreipennis stigmatias
Philonthus flavolimbatus
Philonthus furvus
Philonthus gaudens
Philonthus grandicollis
Philonthus hepaticus
Philonthus lecontei
Philonthus leechensis
Philonthus longicornis
Philonthus morosus
Philonthus perversus
Philonthus pettiti
Philonthus politus
Philonthus puberulus
Philonthus pubes
Philonthus quadrulus
Philonthus roscius
Philonthus rufulus
Philonthus semiruber
Philonthus spiniformis
Philonthus triangulum
Philonthus turbidus
Philonthus varians
Philonthus ventralis
Phloeocharis californica
Phloeonomus laesicollis
Phyllodrepa caseyi
Phyllodrepa strigipennis
Phyllodrepa undetermined
Pinophilus densus
Platydracus rutilicauda
Platydracus tarsalis
Platystethus americanus
Platystethus spiculus
Platyusa sonomae
Pontomalota opaca
Proteinus undetermined
Pseudopsis minuta
Pseudopsis montoraria
Pseudopsis obliterata
Quedius capucinus
Quedius caseyi divergens
Quedius debilis
Quedius desertus californicus
Quedius erythrogaster
Quedius explanatus
Quedius fulgidus
Quedius limbifer
Quedius marginalis
Quedius oculeus
Quedius pellax
Quedius prostans
Quedius puncticeps
Quedius vandykei
Reichenbachia albionica
Reichenbachia arthritica
Reichenbachia deformata
Reichenbachia falli
Reichenbachia sagax
Reichenbachia taphrocera
Reichenbachia tumidicornis
Reichenbachia turgidicornis
Rugilus occiduus
Scalenarthrus hornii
Scaphisoma castaneum
Scaphisoma rufulum
Sceptobius lativentris
Scopaeus californicus
Scopaeus longipennis
Scopaeus nitida
Scopaeus texanus
Scopaeus truncaticeps
Sepedophilus bisignatus
Sepedophilus castaneus
Silusa californica
Silusa densa
Sonoma isabellae
Sonoma spadica
Stenus alveolatus
Stenus costalis
Stenus gilae
Stenus inegenus
Stenus insignis
Stenus koebelei
Stenus laetulus
Stenus morio
Stenus occidentalis
Stenus perangustus
Stenus pertinax
Stenus pinguis
Stenus renifer
Stenus sayi
Stenus sculptilis
Stenus tahoensis
Stenus tristis
Stenus venustus
Stenus vespertinus
Stenus vestalis
Stictolinus grandiceps
Sunius cuneicollis
Sunius exilis
Sunius mobilis
Sunius mollis
Sunius reducta
Tachinomorphus grossulus
Tachinus californicus
Tachinus debilis
Tachinus semirufus
Tachyporus californicus
Tachyporus nitidulus
Tarphiota fucicola
Tarphiota geniculata
Tasgius ater
Tasgius winkleri
Thinobius hesperius
Thinopinus pictus
Thinusa fletcheri
Thinusa maritima
Tinotus caviceps
Trachyota cavipennis
Trichophya tarsalis
Trigonurus edwardsi
Xenicopoda helenae
Xenodusa reflexa
Xenomedon formicaria
Xestolinus abdominalis
Xestolinus nigricans
Zalobius nancyae
Sources and Credits
- (c) Patrick Coin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/42264328@N00/3005695092
- Adapted by BJ Stacey from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staphylinidae
- (c) BJ Stacey, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
