Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Hexapoda > Class Insecta > Subclass Pterygota > Order Coleoptera > Family Staphylinidae > Subfamily Staphylininae > Tribe Staphylinini > Subtribe Staphylinina > Genus Creophilus

Creophilus maxillosus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Staphylinus Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Creophilus*	Leach, 1819	accepted genus name
*Saprophilus*	Streubel, 1839	generic synonym

Species group names

*Staphylinus maxillosus*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective synonym

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Creophilus maxillosus maxillosus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Danish: Skrækrovbille sources: danish PESI focal point

Dutch: Grauwe aaskortschildkever sources: Dutch Species Register

English-United States: Carrion Beetle

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Citation

Dr Aleš Smetana. Creophilus maxillosus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=260999

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2004-10-26 by Dr Miguel A. Alonso-Zarazaga & by Dr Aleš Smetana

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