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。
