1. PaDIL Species Factsheet Scientific Name: Falagria fauveli Solsky, 1867 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Falagriini) Common Name Rove Beetle Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/maf-border/Pest/Main/140477 Image Library New Zealand Biosecurity Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/maf-border/ Partners for New Zealand Biosecurity image library Landcare Research — Manaaki Whenua http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/ MPI (Ministry for Primary Industries) http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/ 2. Species Information 2.1. Details Specimen Contact: MAF Plant Health & Environment Laboratory - [email protected] Author: MAF Plant Health & Environment Laboratory Citation: MAF Plant Health & Environment Laboratory (2011) Rove Beetle(Falagria fauveli)Updated on 3/30/2014 Available online: PaDIL - http://www.padil.gov.au Image Use: Free for use under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY- NC 4.0) 2.2. URL Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/maf-border/Pest/Main/140477 2.3. Facets Groups: Beetles Commodity Overview: Horticulture Commodity Type: Ginger Status: NZ - Exotic Pest Status: 0 Unknown Distribution: 0 Unknown Host Family: 0 Unknown 2.4. Other Names Staplylinid Beetle 2.5. Diagnostic Notes **Adult** Length 3 mm. Elongate, black, somewhat shining, sparingly covered with very fine grey pubescence, finely aciculate. Head broadly transverse, moderately convex, rounded behind, with a longitudinal impression in front. Antennae piceous, longer than the head and prothorax together, slightly thickened towards the extremity; basal joint not very large, slightly thickened, 2nd joint a little shorter, 3rd about as long as the 1st, 7- 10 of about equal lengths, subcylindrical, terminal joint slightly larger and subacuminate at the extremity. Prothorax cordate, subopaque, considerably longer than broad, at its broadest part narrower than the head, with a moderately strong median line which is impressed at the base; sides slightly sinuate and feebly constricted behind. Scutellum rounded behind, feebly impressed longitudinally. Elytra shining fuscous, with a coppery tinge, a little broader than the head, subquadrate, slightly convex, finely and sparingly pubescent; the suture somewhat impressed near the scutellum. Abdomen elongate, somewhat shining, narrower in front than the elytra, widest just behind the middle; segments 2-3 and the ventral segment margined with testaceous. Legs piceous, tarsi paler. **References** - Olliff, A.S. (1886). A revision of the Staphylinidae of Australia, Part 1. _The Proceeding of the Linnean Society of New South Wales_ 1: 403-473. [http://www.archive.org/stream/proceedingsoflinn0201linn/proceedingsoflinn0201linn_djvu.txt](http://www.arch ive.org/stream/proceedingsoflinn0201linn/proceedingsoflinn0201linn_djvu.txt) 2.6. References - Olliff, A.S. (1886). A revision of the Staphylinidae of Australia, Part 1. _The Proceeding of the Linnean Society of New South Wales_ 1: 403-473. [http://www.archive.org/stream/proceedingsoflinn0201linn/proceedingsoflinn0201linn_djvu.txt](http://www.arch ive.org/stream/proceedingsoflinn0201linn/proceedingsoflinn0201linn_djvu.txt) Results Generated: Saturday, September 25, 2021 .