Thanatophilus truncatus (Say, 1823) is a animal in the Staphylinidae family, order Coleoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Thanatophilus truncatus (Say, 1823)

Thanatophilus truncatus (Say, 1823)

Thanatophilus truncatus is a carrion beetle species in the Silphidae family found in Central and North America.

Family
Genus
Thanatophilus
Order
Coleoptera
Class
Insecta

About Thanatophilus truncatus (Say, 1823)

Thanatophilus truncatus is a species of carrion beetle that belongs to the family Silphidae. This species is found in Central America and North America.

Photo: (c) C. Mallory, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by C. Mallory · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Coleoptera Staphylinidae Thanatophilus

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

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