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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) » Carrion Beetles (Silphidae) » Thanatophilus

Genus Thanatophilus

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Thanatophilus lapponicus smooth black carrion beetle - Thanatophilus truncatus smooth black carrion beetle - Thanatophilus truncatus Thanatophilus sagax Thanatophilus lapponicus Silphidae - Thanatophilus truncatus Carrion beetle? - Thanatophilus lapponicus Pack Thanatophilus lapponicus 7.10.09 01 - Thanatophilus lapponicus
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 Silphidae (Carrion Beetles)
Genus Thanatophilus
Explanation of Names
Author of genus is Leach, 1815. Thanatos was a Greek God of Death, so this is the "lover of death".
Numbers
Nearctica.com lists 5 species.
Remarks
Here are the species in this genus for bugguide's bioregion:

Those in italics are already on bugguide.

T. coloradensis Wickham 1902. Rare, alpine, found in montane tundra habitats (above tree line). Can be confused with T. lapponica. No Web images.

T. lapponica Herbst 1793. Common, found in many habitats including temperate & forested. Can be confused with T. coloradensis.

T. sagax Mannerheim 1853. No Web images.

T. trituberculata Kirby 1837. No Web images.

T. truncata Say 1823 Smooth, all-black, with squared-off elytra.
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 23 November, 2005 - 9:45am
Additional contributions by cotinis, McClarinJ
Last updated 21 October, 2006 - 4:15pm

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