Creophilus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Staphyliniformia
Superfamilia: Staphylinoidea

Familia: Staphylinidae
Subfamilia: Staphylininae
Tribus: Staphylinini
Subtribus: Staphylinina
Genus: Creophilus
Species (12): C. albertisi – C. erythrocephalus – C. flavipennis – C. galapagensis – C. huttoni – C. imitator – C. incanus – C. lanio – C. maxillosus – C. oculatus – C. rekohuensis – C. variegatus
Name

Creophilus Leach, 1819: 172

Type species: Staphylinus maxillosus Linnaeus, 1758 fixed by subsequent designation by ICZN 1959: 141 (Opinion 546).

Synonymy

Saprophilus Streubel, 1839: 136
Type species Staphylinus maxillosus Linnaeus, 1758, fixed by monotypy.
Creophagus — Streubel, 1839: 137 [lapsus for Creophilus]

Creophilus variegatus from Peru. Male and female.

References
Primary references

Leach, W.E. 1819. [new genera]. In: Samouelle G.: The entomologist’s useful compendium; or an introduction to the knowledge of British insects comprising the best means of obtaining and preserving them, and a description of the apparatus generally used; together with the genera of Linné, and the modern method of arranging the classes Crustacea, Myriapoda, spiders, mites and insects from their affinities and structure, according to the views of Dr. Leach. Also an explanation of the terms used in entomology: a calendar of the times of appearance, and usual situations of near 3000 species of British insects; with instructions for collecting and fitting up objects for the microscope. London: Thomas Boys, 496 pp. BHL Reference page. [original description: p. 172]

Additional references

Clarke, D.J. 2011. Testing the phylogenetic utility of morphological character systems, with a revision of Creophilus Leach (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Zoological journal of the Linnean Society 163(3): 723–812. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00725.x Reference page.

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Nomenclator Zoologicus

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.[1] The European species 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.[1]

Creophilus was revised in 2011, and two new species described. Several others (C. insularis, C. villipennis and C. violaceus) were synonymised with C. flavipennis.[1]
List of species

Creophilus albertisi (Fauvel, 1879)
Creophilus erythrocephalus (Fabricius, 1775)
Creophilus flavipennis (Hope, 1831)
Creophilus galapagensis Clarke, 2011
Creophilus huttoni (Broun, 1880)
Creophilus imitator Cameron, 1952
Creophilus incanus (Klug, 1834)
Creophilus lanio (Erichson, 1839)
Creophilus maxillosus (Linnaeus, 1758) - hairy rove beetle
Creophilus oculatus (Fabricius, 1775)
Creophilus rekohuensis Clarke, 2011
Creophilus variegatus (Mannerheim, 1830)

References

Clarke, Dave J. (2011). "Testing the phylogenetic utility of morphological character systems, with a revision of Creophilus Leach (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 163 (3): 723–812. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00725.x.

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