Leg with/without claw
Legs are robust. The uppermost three tarsal segments are heart-shaped, otherwise similar to Carabidae.
Wing
Rove beetles have large hind wings with a reduced venation
Antenna
Antenna are moniliform (like a string of beads), with eleven segments, with moderate clubbing in some genera.
eye, mandible, palp
Mandibles without a mola, maxilla are similar as scarabidae
Other, elytra
Typically, they have very short elytra.