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    Rove beetles are a diverse family of beetles, with over 52,000 species worldwide and 370 species found in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. They are small, mostly 1-12mm in size, and fill a variety of ecological roles as predators, scavengers, and parasites. The document then provides images and descriptions of the most common rove beetle species found in leaf litter within the park, highlighting their tiny sizes and the hidden biodiversity they represent in forest ecosystems.

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    Rove beetles are a diverse family of beetles, with over 52,000 species worldwide and 370 species found in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. They are small, mostly 1-12mm in size, and fill a variety of ecological roles as predators, scavengers, and parasites. The document then provides images and descriptions of the most common rove beetle species found in leaf litter within the park, highlighting their tiny sizes and the hidden biodiversity they represent in forest ecosystems.

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    Rove beetles are a diverse family of beetles, with over 52,000 species worldwide and 370 species found in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. They are small, mostly 1-12mm in size, and fill a variety of ecological roles as predators, scavengers, and parasites. The document then provides images and descriptions of the most common rove beetle species found in leaf litter within the park, highlighting their tiny sizes and the hidden biodiversity they represent in forest ecosystems.

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    Rove beetles are a diverse family of beetles, with over 52,000 species worldwide and 370 species found in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. They are small, mostly 1-12mm in size, and fill a variety of ecological roles as predators, scavengers, and parasites. The document then provides images and descriptions of the most common rove beetle species found in leaf litter within the park, highlighting their tiny sizes and the hidden biodiversity they represent in forest ecosystems.

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    Rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) are members of the largest

    beetle family, with 52,000+ species worldwide, 4,100+ species in


    North America, and 370+ species known from GSMNP
    (Tennessee/North Carolina, USA). Rove beetles are small (most 112
    mm, max 35 mm) and very diverse in form and lifestyle (predators,
    scavengers, parasites, etc.). Below are the most common rove beetles
    found in leaf litter in the GSMNP (Ferro et al. 2012) shown in relative
    scale and approximate life size.

    Common Leaf Litter Rove
    Beetles of Great Smoky
    Mountains National Park:
    Presented to Scale
    Michael L. Ferro 2013
    Ferro, M. L., M. L. Gimmel, K. E. Harms, and C. E. Carlton. 2012. Comparison
    of the Coleoptera communities in leaf litter and rotten wood in Great
    Smoky Mountains National Park, USA. Insecta Mundi 0259: 1-58.
    Approximate Life Size
    Rove beetles and most other organisms that live in forest leaf
    litter exist in a world just out of the reach of human senses.
    Technology gives us tools to move beyond ourselves and discover
    the invisible landscape that exists along the trail, in our back
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    world below one centimeter.

    Aleodorus bilobatus (Say)

    Leptusa gimmeli Park & Carlton

    Leptusa pusio (Casey)

    Myllaena sp.

    Dasycerus sp.

    Thoracophorus costalis (Erichson)

    Anotylus sp.

    Carpelimus sp.

    Sunius rufipes (Casey)

    Actiastes fundatum Grigarick & Schuster

    Adranes lecontei Brendel

    Batrisodes beyeri Schaeffer

    Conoplectus canaliculatus (LeConte)

    Ctenisodes sp.

    Euboarhexius perscitus (Fletcher)

    Eutyphlus dybasi Park

    Machaerodes carinatus (Brendel)

    Mipseltyrus nicolayi Park

    Pseudactium arcuatum (LeConte)

    Rhexius schmitti Brendel

    Sonoma sp.

    Trimiomelba dubia (LeConte)

    Baeocera pallida Casey

    Euconnus sp.
    Parascydmus sp.
    Scydmaenus sp.
    Stenus sp.

    Ischnosoma lecontei Campbell

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