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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Carrion Beetles (Silphidae) » Thanatophilus

Genus Thanatophilus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers
smooth black carrion beetle - Thanatophilus truncatus Carrion Beetle - Thanatophilus sagax Thanatophilus lapponicus? - Thanatophilus lapponicus Northern Carrion Beetle - Thanatophilus lapponicus Thanatophilus truncatus? - Thanatophilus truncatus black carrion beetle - Thanatophilus sagax Thanatophilus truncatus beetle - Thanatophilus truncatus
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 Silphidae (Carrion Beetles)
Genus Thanatophilus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Thanatophilus Leach 1815
Explanation of Names
Thanatophilus (G). thanatos (θανατος)- "death" + philos (φιλος)- "loving, liking"
Numbers
5 species in bugguide's bioregion

T. coloradensis Wickham 1902. Rare, alpine, found in montane tundra habitats (above tree line). Can be confused with T. lapponicus.
T. lapponicus Herbst 1793. Common, found in many habitats including temperate & forested. Can be confused with T. coloradensis.
T. sagax Mannerheim 1853.
T. trituberculatus Kirby 1837.
T. truncatus Say 1823 Smooth, all-black, with squared-off elytra.
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 23 November, 2005 - 9:45am
Additional contributions by cotinis, McClarinJ, Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, Claude Tessier
Last updated 14 October, 2022 - 1:12pm

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