Staphylinidae is one of the largest family in coleoptera , they occupy a wide variety of habitats and have a wide range of food - habits . they are essentially carnivorous ( insect feeder ) , but some groups have become evolved as mycophagous , coprophagous , coprophagous , carpophagous , pollinophagous and so on . some species have adapted to a parasitism of mammals 隐翅虫是一类广泛分布于农田、森林和山区的鞘翅目昆虫,它们生境多样,有的为肉食性种类,是捕食农林害虫的重要天敌,也有药用种类和卫生害虫,还有取食动植物有机残体、促进自然界物质循环、保持生态平衡的种类,与人类的关系密切,是一类不可忽视的自然资源。