Galapagos Species Database
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Creophilus maxillosus
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Predator; arid to pampa and agriculture zone; February–August; on animal carcasses, at carrion and dung baits.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Suborder
Polyphaga
Superfamily
Staphylinoidea
Family
Staphylinidae
Section
Staphylinini
Genus
Creophilus
Species
maxillosus
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Creophilus villosus (Gravenhorst, 1802), fide Peck (2006). Galápagos specimens differ somewhat from mainland specimens and may be a distinct taxon (A. Smetana, pers. comm.).
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Fernandina, Isabela, San Cristóbal, Santiago
- Franz, H. (1985) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Koleopterenfauna der Galapagos-Inseln. Österr. Akad. Wissensch. Mathem.-naturw. Kl., Abt. I, 194(1-5): 73-124.
- Linsley, E.G. Usinger, R.L. (1966) Insects of the Galápagos Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences Fourth Series 33(7): 113-196.
- Mutchler, A.J. (1925) Coleoptera. From the Williams Galapagos Expedition. Zoologica 5(20): 219-240.
- Peck, S.B. (2006) The Beetles of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador: Evolution, Ecology, and Diversity (Insecta: Coleoptera) NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 314 pp.
- Van Dyke, E.C. (1953) The Coleoptera of the Galapagos Islands. Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences 22: 1-181.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Creophilus maxillosus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5752. Accessed 31 October 2026.