Species Creophilus maxillosus - Hairy Rove Beetle

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Habitat · Food · Internet References · Works Cited

Creophilus maxilosus larva - Creophilus maxillosus

Hairy Rove Beetle - Creophilus maxillosus - male

Hairy Rove Beetle - Creophilus maxillosus

Hairy Rove Beetle, Creophilus maxillosus, preying upon adult fly - Creophilus maxillosus

Immature beetle ?burying beetle - Creophilus maxillosus

Carrion Creature - Creophilus maxillosus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)

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)

Explanation of Names

Creophilus maxillosus (Linnaeus 1758)

Numbers

2 sspp. in our area(1)

Size

12-21 mm

Range

C. m. villosus is native and widespread in NA, C. m. maxillosus is native to the Palaearctic and is known from scattered records from ON, QC, and MA (first detected: ~1620, NF)(2) and many other parts of the New World(1)

Habitat

grassy and open forested habitats, lake/ocean shorelines; on carrion (typically, larger carcasses), rarely on dung, compost, or at lights(1)

Food

maggots and adult flies, also other arthropods(1)

Internet References

Species page(1)

Works Cited

1.	Staphylinidae of eastern Canada and the adjacent United States. Keys to subfamilies; Staphylininae: ... Brunke A., Newton A., Klimaszewski J., Majka C.G., Marshall S. 2011. Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification 12: 1-110.

2.	Introduced Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) in the Maritime Provinces of Canada Majka C.G., Klimaszewski J. 2008. The Canadian Entomologist 140: 48-72.

Contributed by Joel Kits on 24 April, 2005 - 7:44pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Robin McLeod, v belov, KenW
Last updated 1 May, 2013 - 6:31pm

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