Creophilus erythrocephalus (Fabricius, 1775) (devil’s coach-horse beetle)
Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
Semmens, T.D., McQuillan, P.B. & Hayhurst, G. (1992). Catalogue of the Insects of Tasmania. Government of Tasmania: Department of Primary Industry, 104 pp. (as Creophilus erythrocephalus)
TMAG collections
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Staphylinoidea
Family: Staphylinidae
Subfamily: Staphylininae
Tribe: Staphylinini
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 18
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: predator at carrion
