|
Creophilus
''Creophilus'' is a genus of beetles of the Staphylinidae family (biology), family, subfamily Staphylininae. It includes some of the largest rove beetle species, up to 30 mm long. Almost all species live primarily on carrion and feed on maggots, and so are of interest to Forensic entomology, forensic entomologists estimating the age of a corpse. The European species Creophilus maxillosus, ''C''. ''maxillosus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) was described in the ''Systema Naturae'', and has been widely studied, but some other species in the genus are little known. ''Creophilus'' was revised in 2011, and two new species described. Several others (''C. insularis'', ''C. villipennis'' and ''C. violaceus'') were synonymised with ''C. flavipennis''. List of species * ''Creophilus albertisi'' (Fauvel, 1879) * ''Creophilus erythrocephalus'' (Fabricius, 1775) * ''Creophilus flavipennis'' (Hope, 1831) *''Creophilus galapagensis'' Clarke, 2011 * ''Creophilus huttoni'' (Broun, 1880) * ''Creophilus imitat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Creophilus Oculatus
''Creophilus oculatus'' or devil's coach horse is a species of large carrion-feeding rove beetle endemic to New Zealand. Taxonomy ''Creophilus oculatus'' was described and named by Danish zoologist Johan Christian Fabricius, Johann Christian Fabricius as ''Staphylinus oculatus''. The lectotype and two paralectotype specimens were designated by David J. Clarke in 2011 and are housed at Natural History Museum, London, The Natural History Museum, London, UK (BMNH). These were some of the first insect specimens collected in New Zealand by Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander in 1769–1770 on James Cook, Cook's First voyage of James Cook, first voyage to New Zealand. The specimens of ''C. oculatus'' were likely collected from dried or decaying animal materials which also contained these carrion beetles. The name "devil's coach horse" is used for ''Devil's coach horse beetle, Ocypus olens'', another large species of rove beetle found in Europe and North America, so named because of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
