Talk:Rove beetle

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Are symbiotic relationships really "parasitic" ? Isn't there a better word for it?

Curculionidae is not first largest family

The family Curculionidae is second largest family (40.000). Because, now, first largest family is Staphylinidae. ALSO SEE: "The beetle family Staphylinidae, or rove beetles, is now the most diverse family of animals or plants, with 56.768 species in 3.624 genera and 33 subfamilies described through 2009 (NEWTON 2007, updated to the end of 2009 from unpublished Newton database catalog), after recent addition of the smaller but still speciose related families Pselaphidae, Scaphidiidae and Scydmaenidae as subfamilies (see, e.g., GREBENNIKOV & NEWTON 2009 and earlier works cited there). As recently reviewed by THAYER (2005), the family is worldwide in distribution but more diverse in tropical and temperate regions than in arctic areas, and more diverse in moist forested areas than in drier areas or deserts. There are no true aquatic or marine species, but nearly all terrestrial, arboreal and even subterranean habitats are exploited by staphylinids (e.g., the moderate-sized subfamily Leptotyphlinae consists entirely of blind, flightless soil inhabitants). Although most species are free-living, several thousand species are associated as commensals with social insects like ants and termites, or found in nests of mammals and birds, or even on the bodies of mammals (tribe Amblyopinini in the Neotropical region). Many of these associations are obligate, and have resulted in highly modified body forms and life histories (see, e.g., KISTNER 1982). Most species are probably predators of other arthropods as far as known, but large numbers including several entire subfamilies are saprophagous on decaying plant matter (e.g., Osoriinae, Oxytelinae, Piestinae), fungivorous (e.g., Oxyporinae, Scaphidiinae), or have other specialized feeding habits such as pollen-feeding, but very few feed on green plants.."(56.768 species). -- Kmoksy (talk) 09:53, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

The article for Curculionidae cites a larger number of species. Both pages need to be analyzed and revised. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 100.34.115.140 (talk) 03:26, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

Incomplete reference

@Talex37: you need to give more details about the source that you added to the references. A link and title at the very least. Thank you. -- Fyrael (talk) 18:38, 30 March 2022 (UTC)