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rove beetle| Any of a number of beetles with characteristic very short elytra (wing cases) that conceal large, well developed wings that are intricately folded away. When required the wings can unfold very rapidly, for almost instantaneous flight. The family includes some 20,000 species. |
Classification The rove beetle is in family Staphylinidae, in order Coleoptera, class Insecta, phylum Arthropoda. |
| Most of these beetles are small and inconspicuous, except the devil's coach horse, which is about 3 cm/1.2 in. Some species are predatory; others live in association with ant and termite colonies. |
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No references found | Ladybugs (more than 3,000 species feed on aphids, spider mites and mealy bugs), spined soldier bug (eats Colorado potato beetle and Mexican bean beetle), Minute pirate bug, lacewings, dragonflies, ground beetles, rove beetles and a host of other beneficial species are natural control agents. He added that dolichodal, iridomyrmecin, or similar compounds are found also in other insects, such as thrips, stick insects, aphids and rove beetles. The SSSI is considered important because of its range of floodplain habitats which support nationally important invertebrates, including a species of rove beetle that has only been found at only three other sites in Britain and nowhere else in the world. |
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