目次

Introduction.- Phylogeny of the family Staphylinidae.- A review of the fossil history of Staphylinoidea.- Biodiversity and geographic patterns of Neotropical Staphylinidae.- Adventive species of rove beetles in Canada.- Effect of environmental conditions on distribution patterns.- A review of Nearctic rove beetles (Staphylinidae) specialized on the burrows and nests of vertebrates.- Rove beetles as bioindicators in agroecosystems.- Parasites of Staphylinidae.- The biology of Steninae.- Biology of acarophagous Scydmeninae.- The evolution of genitalia, spermatophores.- Morphology of the endophallic flagellum.- Morphological diversity of immature Scydmaeninae.