Thanatophilus lapponicus (Herbst, 1793) is a animal in the Staphylinidae family, order Coleoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Thanatophilus lapponicus (Herbst, 1793)

Thanatophilus lapponicus (Herbst, 1793)

Thanatophilus lapponicus, the northern carrion beetle, is a Silphidae carrion beetle found across four regional ranges.

Family
Genus
Thanatophilus
Order
Coleoptera
Class
Insecta

About Thanatophilus lapponicus (Herbst, 1793)

Thanatophilus lapponicus, commonly called the northern carrion beetle, is a species of carrion beetle that belongs to the family Silphidae. This species has been recorded in Europe, Northern Asia excluding China, Central America, and North America.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Coleoptera Staphylinidae Thanatophilus

More from Staphylinidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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