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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) » Large Rove Beetles (Staphylininae) » Staphylinini » Staphylinina » Creophilus » Hairy Rove Beetle (Creophilus maxillosus)

Species Creophilus maxillosus - Hairy Rove Beetle

Classification · Size · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 (Large Rove Beetles)
Tribe Staphylinini
Subtribe Staphylinina
Genus Creophilus
Species maxillosus (Hairy Rove Beetle)
Size
12-21 mm(1)
Range
native to the Palaearctic, adventive and widespread in NA (first detected: ~1620, NL)(2)
Habitat
on carrion and dung
Season
adults found April to October
Food
fly larvae
Internet References
Species page from the University of Alberta entomology collection.
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia
By Arnett, R.H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.)
2.Introduced Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) in the Maritime Provinces of Canada
By C.G. Majka and J. Klimaszewski
Contributed by Joel Kits on 24 April, 2005 - 7:44pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Robin McLeod, v belov, KenW
Last updated 30 April, 2011 - 9:14am

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