This particular specimen is part of the staphylinid rove beetles, dating back to the Cretaceous period, around 90 million years ago. The new research, published in the Journal of Entomological ...

One of the largest families is the Staphylinidae, known as rove beetles, with over 60,000 species occupying many habitats and living many lifestyles. Many are predators (one genus specializes on ...

A retired Yukon-based entomologist is finding artistic inspiration in the tiniest and most private of places: beetle ...

On the other hand (or foot, as in the case of this beetle), insects have hair-like setae that likewise perform several roles. The function of the setae covering the undersides of this rove beetle’s ...

Here are nine of the strangest... This Argentinian rove beetle is so rare it was named twice. The first name comes from Charles Darwin (who collected the first specimen in 1832). The second is in ...

AFTER a two-year hiatus, the orange-black Rove beetles are back in town. This time, they were spotted along a river in Ampang Jajar in Butterworth.