Tachyporinae is a subfamily of

rove beetle The rove beetles are a family (Staphylinidae) of beetles, primarily distinguished by their short elytra (wing covers) that typically leave more than half of their abdominal segments exposed. With roughly 63,000 species in thousands of genera, the ...

. Their common name is crab-like rove beetles. They are generally small, roughly 2.4 to 5 millimeters. There are around 60 species in twelve genera of crab-like rove beetles. All species are fusiform.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q1006615 Beetle subfamilies