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The devil's coach-horse beetle (Ocypus olens) is a species of beetle belonging to the large family of the rove beetles (Staphylinidae). [2] It was originally included in the genus Staphylinus in 1764, [3] and some authors and biologists still use this classification.
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One well-known species is the devil's coach-horse beetle (Ocypus olens). For some other species, see list of British rove beetles. Anatomy.
The name "devil's coach horse" is used for Ocypus olens, another large species of rove beetle found in Europe and North America, so named because of a medieval belief that the Devil took this form to carry away the corpses of sinners.
Ocypus is a genus of rove beetles in the subfamily Staphylininae. Species ... Ocypus olens (O. Müller, 1764) - devil's coach-horse; Ocypus ophthalmicus (Scopoli, 1763)
Adult staphylinoids are generally small beetles no more than a few millimetres long, though Staphylinidae can reach 50 mm long and Silphidae can reach 45 mm. [1] The superfamily includes the smallest beetles (and the smallest of all non-parasitic insects) in family Ptiliidae.
Cymbalophora pudica preyed upon by the rove beetle Ocypus olens. Biology. This species is univoltine. Caterpillars can be found from May to June. Then they construct ...
Family Staphylinidae Latreille, 1802 (rove beetles) Devil's coach horse beetle, Ocypus olens, a rove beetle; Infraorder Scarabaeiformia. Superfamily Scarabaeoidea Latreille, 1802. Family Pleocomidae LeConte, 1861 (rain beetles) Family Geotrupidae Latreille, 1802 (earth-boring scarab beetles) Family Belohinidae Paulian, 1959