Devil's coach horse beetle

Devil's coach-horse beetle
	Adult of Ocypus olens
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Staphylinidae
Genus:	Ocypus
Species:	O. olens
Binomial name
	Ocypus olens; (O. F. Müller, 1764)
Synonyms
	Staphylinus olens O. F. Müller, 1764; Goerius macrocephalus Stephens, 1832; Ocypus fulvopilosus Fiori, 1894; Ocypus meridionalis Fiori, 1894; Staphylinus major De Geer, 1774; Staphylinus unicolor Herbst, 1784;

The Devil's coach-horse beetle, is a very common beetle in Europe. It is also sometimes called the Cocktail beetle.^[2] It belongs to the family of the rove beetles.

References

↑ Biolib
↑ Wooton. A. , (2000) Spotter's Guide to Bugs and Insects, 3rd ed, London: Usborne Publishing Limited, page 25

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[DD-1] Biolib

[2] Wooton. A. , (2000) Spotter's Guide to Bugs and Insects, 3rd ed, London: Usborne Publishing Limited, page 25

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Devil's coach-horse beetle

Adult of Ocypus olens
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Staphylinidae
Genus:	Ocypus
Species:	O. olens
Binomial name
*Ocypus olens* (O. F. Müller, 1764)
Synonyms^[1]
Staphylinus olens O. F. Müller, 1764 Goerius macrocephalus Stephens, 1832 Ocypus fulvopilosus Fiori, 1894 Ocypus meridionalis Fiori, 1894 Staphylinus major De Geer, 1774 Staphylinus unicolor Herbst, 1784