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''Thanatophilus'' is a genus of 
carrion beetle
Silphidae is a family of beetles that are known commonly as large carrion beetles, carrion beetles or burying beetles. There are two subfamilies: Silphinae and Nicrophorinae. Members of Nicrophorinae are sometimes known as burying beetles or sex ...
s in the family Silphidae
Silphidae is a family of beetles that are known commonly as large carrion beetles, carrion beetles or burying beetles. There are two family (biology), subfamilies: Silphinae and Nicrophorinae. Members of Nicrophorinae are sometimes known as bury ...
. There are about 12 described species in ''Thanatophilus''.
Species
These 12 species belong to the genus ''Thanatophilus'': * '' Thanatophilus coloradensis'' (Wickham, 1902) * '' Thanatophilus dispar'' ( Herbst, 1793) * '' Thanatophilus ferrugatus'' (Solsky, 1874) * '' Thanatophilus lapponicus'' (Herbst, 1793) (northern carrion beetle) * '' Thanatophilus ruficornis'' (Kuster, 1851) * '' Thanatophilus rugosus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * '' Thanatophilus sagax'' (Mannerheim, 1853) * '' Thanatophilus sinuatus'' (Fabricius, 1775) * '' Thanatophilus terminatus'' (Hummel, 1825) * '' Thanatophilus trituberculatus'' (Kirby, 1837) * '' Thanatophilus truncatus'' (Say, 1823) * '' Thanatophilus uralensis'' Kozminykh, 1994References
Further reading
*External links
* Silphidae Articles created by Qbugbot {{silphidae-stub