Australian Devil's Coach-horse

Creophilus erythrocephalus

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Staphylinidae

Creophilus is a genus of beetles of the Staphylinidae 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 entomologists estimating the age of a corpse.

Distribution

Australian Devil's Coach-horse — (c) Max Campbell, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Max Campbell · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Chile · 15France · 1

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Max Campbell, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Max Campbell · CC-BY DescriptionCreophilus, Wikipedia contributors

Australian Devil's Coach-horse

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