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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Rove, Carrion and Fungus Beetles (Staphylinoidea) » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Staphylininae » Creophilus » Hairy Rove Beetle (Creophilus maxillosus)

Species Creophilus maxillosus - Hairy Rove Beetle

Classification · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Internet References
Hairy Rove Beetle - Creophilus maxillosus Rove Beetle - Creophilus maxillosus Rove Beetle - Creophilus maxillosus Wasp or beetle? - Creophilus maxillosus Hairy Rove Beetle? - Creophilus maxillosus Creophilus maxillosus Creophilus maxillosus Hairy rove beetle - Creophilus maxillosus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
Superfamily Staphylinoidea (Rove, Carrion and Fungus Beetles)
Family Staphylinidae (Rove Beetles)
Subfamily Staphylininae
Genus Creophilus
Species maxillosus (Hairy Rove Beetle)
Numbers
the only species in this genus in North America
Size
adult about 15 mm
Identification
body elongated, shiny black; forewings short, extend to middle of body; wings and several abdominal segments have yellow bands
Range
holarctic: throughout North America and Europe
Habitat
on dead animals and dung
Season
adults found April to October
Food
predaceous on fly larvae in [cattle] dung and on carrion
Internet References
live adult image plus common name reference and other info (Rob Curtis, Illinois)
live adult image (Josef Hlasek, Czech Republic)
pinned adult image (Insects of Cedar Creek, Minnesota)
adult image (Claude Schott, France)
food reference (G.L. Green, 1996; in Staphylinidae Associated to Cattle Dung in Campo Grande, MS, Brazil)
Contributed by Joel Kits on 24 April, 2005 - 7:44pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod
Last updated 26 April, 2005 - 3:01pm

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