Creophilus maxillosus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Coleoptera → suborder Polyphaga → infraorder Staphyliniformia → superfamily Staphylinoidea → family Staphylinidae → subfamily Staphylininae → tribe Staphylinini → subtribe Staphylinina → genus Creophilus → species Creophilus maxillosus

Species name(s)

Creophilus maxillosus (Linnaeus, 1758) = Staphylinus bicinctus Mannerheim 1843 = Creophilus canariensis Bernhauer 1908 = Creophilus ciliaris Stephens 1832 = Creophilus ciliaroides Hatch 1938 = Staphylinus cinerarius Erichson 1839 = Staphylinus fasciatus Fuessly 1775 = Creophilus fasciatus Laporte de Castelnau 1835 = Creophilus fulvago Motschulsky 1860 = Creophilus imbecillus Sharp 1874 = Creophilus medialis Sharp 1874 = Staphylinus nebulosus Geoffroy 1785 = Staphylinus orientalis Motschulsky 1858 = Creophilus pulchellus Meier 1899 = Creophilus subfasciatus Sharp 1874 = Staphylinus balteatus De Geer 1774 = Staphylinus anonymus Sulzer 1761 = Staphylinus arcticus Erichson 1839. [10, 186]

Hairy Rove Beetle.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 2.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic, Nearctic, Neotropic, Indo-Malayan.

Detailed information with references

Distribution

Albania, Austria, Azores, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Britain Is., Bulgaria, Canary Is., Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Faroe Is., Finland, French mainland, Germany, Greek mainland, Hungary, Iceland, Italian mainland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madeira, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Portuguese mainland, Romania, Russia (Central, North, South), Slovakia, Slovenia, Spanish mainland, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Ukraine, Serbia, Kosovo, Voivodina, Montenegro, East Palaearctic, Near East, Nearctic region, Neotropical region, North Africa, Oriental region [10].
Can be found among other places in Lake Elton surroundings. [331].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Body length: 15-28mm. Unlike Emus hirtus, the head and pronotum are glabrous and shiny. Shiny black, elytra and abdomen in thick gray hairs forming spots and bandages, elytra in black dots and spots on a gray background. On carrion. [249].

Subspecies of Creophilus maxillosus

Creophilus maxillosus maxillosus (Linnaeus, 1758). [10]

Premade selections where the species can be found

Coleoptera of Lake Elton surroundings

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Vasiliy Feoktistov.

Text data: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.

References

[10] de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2011) Fauna Europaea version 2.4 (faunaeur.org)
[186] Integrated Taxonomic Information System on-line database, http://www.itis.gov
[249] Плавильщиков Н.Н. Определитель насекомых Москва, Топикал, 1994
[331] Макаров К.В., Маталин А.В., Комаров Е.В. Фауна жесткокрылых (Coleoptera) окрестностей озера Эльтон // Животные глинистой полупустыни Заволжья. М.: Товарищество научных изданий КМК, 2009