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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Staphylininae » Staphylinini » Staphylinina » Creophilus » Hairy Rove Beetle (Creophilus maxillosus)

Species Creophilus maxillosus - Hairy Rove Beetle

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Works Cited

Hairy Rove Beetle - Creophilus maxillosus

Hairy Rove Beetle - Creophilus maxillosus - male

Hairy rove beetle (dorsal) - Creophilus maxillosus

Creophilus maxillosus? - Creophilus maxillosus

Hairy rove beetle from East TX - Creophilus maxillosus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)

Superfamily Staphylinoidea

Family Staphylinidae (Rove Beetles)

Subfamily Staphylininae

Tribe Staphylinini

Subtribe Staphylinina

Genus Creophilus

Species maxillosus (Hairy Rove Beetle)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Creophilus maxillosus (Linnaeus)

Orig. Comb: Staphylinus maxillosus Linnaeus 1758

Numbers

2 sspp. in our area(1)

Size

12-21 mm

Identification

Det. B. Mathison, 2015

Range

throughout NA - Map (2)

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)(3) 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)

Season

mostly: Mar-Oct (BG data)

Food

maggots and adult flies, also other arthropods(1)

Life Cycle

Adults will form their bodies into a tight ball and roll off carrion into leaf litter when disturbed(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. CJAI 12: 1‒110.

2.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

3.	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, Mike Quinn, v belov, KenW
Last updated 10 March, 2025 - 11:40pm

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