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Creophilus
Creophilus is a genus of beetles of the Staphylinidae family, subfamily Staphylininae. It includes some of the largest rove beetle species, up to 30 mm long. Almost all species live primarily on carrion and feed on maggots, and so are of interest to forensic entomologists estimating the age of a corpse. The European species C. maxillosus (Linnaeus, 1758) was described in the Systema Naturae, and has been widely studied, but some other species in the genus are little known.
Creophilus was revised in 2011, and two new species described. Several others (C. insularis, C. villipennis and C. violaceus) were synonymised with C. flavipennis.
12 branches of this genus, most-observed first
hairy rove beetle
speciesCreophilus maxillosus
Devil's Coach Horse
speciesCreophilus erythrocephalus
Devil's Coachhorse
speciesCreophilus oculatus
Creophilus flavipennis
speciesCreophilus flavipennis
Creophilus lanio
speciesCreophilus lanio
Creophilus variegatus
speciesCreophilus variegatus
Creophilus incanus
speciesCreophilus incanus
Creophilus huttoni
speciesCreophilus huttoni
Creophilus galapagensis
speciesCreophilus galapagensis
Creophilus albertisi
speciesCreophilus albertisi
Creophilus imitator
speciesCreophilus imitator
Creophilus rekohuensis
speciesCreophilus rekohuensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 82464.