title: Staphylinids.
abstract: Joe Parker introduces the staphylinids or 'rove beetles', the most species-rich groups of insect on Earth.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics and Development, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA, and Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History,New York, NY 10024, USA. Electronic address: jp2488@columbia.edu.
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Parker
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D017753:Ecosystem; D008954:Models, Biological