Thanatophilus Explained

Thanatophilus is a genus of carrion beetles in the family Silphidae. 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, 1994

Further reading

• Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea - Staphylinoidea. 2015. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-90-04-29685-5.