''Creophilus'' is a genus of beetles of the

Staphylinidae The rove beetles are a family (biology), family (Staphylinidae) of beetles, primarily distinguished by their short elytra (wing covers) that typically leave more than half of their abdominal segments exposed. With over 66,000 species in thousand ...

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, subfamily

Staphylininae Staphylininae are a subfamily of rove beetles (family (biology), family Staphylinidae). They contain the typical rove beetles with their long but fairly robust blunt-headed and -tipped bodies and short elytra, as well as some more unusually-shape ...

. 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. The European species ''C''. ''maxillosus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) was described in the ''

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'', 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 ''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 int ...

'' (Fauvel, 1879) * ''

Creophilus erythrocephalus ''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 int ...

'' (Fabricius, 1775) * '' Creophilus flavipennis'' (Hope, 1831) *''

Creophilus galapagensis ''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 int ...

'' Clarke, 2011 * '' Creophilus huttoni'' (Broun, 1880) * ''

Creophilus imitator ''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 int ...

'' Cameron, 1952 * ''

Creophilus incanus ''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 int ...

'' (Klug, 1834) * ''

Creophilus lanio ''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 int ...

'' (Erichson, 1839) * '' Creophilus maxillosus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) - hairy rove beetle * ''

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 Christia ...

'' (Fabricius, 1775) *'' Creophilus rekohuensis'' Clarke, 2011 * '' Creophilus variegatus'' (Mannerheim, 1830)

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