Thanatophilus is a genus of carrion beetles in the family Silphidae. There are about 12 described species in Thanatophilus.[1][2][3]

Thanatophilus
Thanatophilus lapponicus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Silphidae
Genus: Thanatophilus
Leach, 1815
Thanatophilus trituberculatus

Species

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These 12 species belong to the genus Thanatophilus:

References

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  1. ^ "Thanatophilus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. ^ "Thanatophilus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

Further reading

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