Devil's coach horse beetle

Devil's coach-horse beetle
An adult Ocypus olens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Staphylinidae
Genus: Ocypus
Species:
O. olens
Binomial name
Ocypus olens
Synonyms[1]
  • Staphylinus olens O. F. Müller, 1764
  • Goerius macrocephalus Stephens, 1832
  • Ocypus fulvopilosus Fiori, 1894
  • Ocypus meridionalis Fiori, 1894
  • Staphylinus major De Geer, 1774
  • Staphylinus unicolor Herbst, 1784

The devil's coach-horse beetle (Ocypus olens) is a species of beetle belonging to the large family of the rove beetles (Staphylinidae).[2] It was originally included in the genus Staphylinus in 1764,[3] and some authors and biologists still use this classification.

  1. ^ "Taxon profile: Ocypus: Devil's Coach-horse Ocypus olens (Müller, 1764)". www.biolib.cz. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  2. ^ Nield, C.E. (1976). "Aspects of the biology of Staphylinus olens (Müller), Britain's largest staphylinid beetle". Ecological Entomology. 1 (2): 117–126. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1976.tb01212.x. S2CID 83577339.
  3. ^ "Fauna Europaea : Taxon Details". 28 September 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-09-28. Retrieved 22 August 2024.