Muchos escarabajos que habitan el suelo pasan desapercibidos al ojo humano debido a su pequeño tamaño y colores poco llamativos. Este es caso de los conocidos como vagabundos, la familia Staphylinidae. Dichos son comunes en muchos ecosistemas terrestres se les encuentra asociados principalmente hojarasca; también viven bajo piedras troncos, o errantes sobre suelo. grupo desempeña un papel funci...

Faunistic and statistical analyses of species diversity of the mimercofauna and araneofauna associated with variously managed agricultural fields and adjacent forest fragments and their interactions with Carabidae and Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) are needed to identify the key species affecting the dynamics within the arthropod population affecting the agroecosystem. This knowledge is needed to d...

Studies of carrion-insect succession on domestic pig, Sus scrofa L., were conducted in the spring and summer of 2001 and 2002 in Blacksburg, VA, to identify and analyze the successional patterns of the taxa of forensic importance in southwest Virginia. Forty-seven insect taxa were collected in the spring. These were represented by 11 families (Diptera: Calliphoridae, Sarcophagidae, Muscidae, Se...