Species
Thanatophilus lapponicus (Northern carrion beetle)
Thanatophilus lapponicus. Photo: (c) Colin Croft, some rights reserved (CC BY)
Thanatophilus lapponicus, the northern carrion beetle, is a species of carrion beetle in the family Silphidae. It is found in Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China), Central America, and North America.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
- Class: Insecta (Insects)
- Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
- Order: Coleoptera (Beetles)
- Suborder: Polyphaga (Water, rove, scarab, long-horned, leaf, and snout beetles)
- Infraorder: Staphyliniformia (Staphyliniform beetles)
- Superfamily: Staphylinoidea (Rove, ant-like stone, and carrion beetles)
- Family: Silphidae (Burying and carrion beetles)
- Subfamily: Silphinae
- Genus: Thanatophilus
- Species: Thanatophilus lapponicus (Northern carrion beetle)
- Genus: Thanatophilus
- Subfamily: Silphinae
- Family: Silphidae (Burying and carrion beetles)
- Superfamily: Staphylinoidea (Rove, ant-like stone, and carrion beetles)
- Infraorder: Staphyliniformia (Staphyliniform beetles)
- Suborder: Polyphaga (Water, rove, scarab, long-horned, leaf, and snout beetles)
- Order: Coleoptera (Beetles)
- Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
- Class: Insecta (Insects)
- Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
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