Rugose Carrion Beetle vs Lameere's Longhorn

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute Rugose Carrion Beetle Lameere's Longhorn
Scientific Name Thanatophilus rugosus Chloridolum lameerei
Order Coleoptera Coleoptera
Family Silphidae Cerambycidae
Size 9-12 mm 20-30 mm
Habitat Farmland Forests
Diet Carrion Feeders Wood Feeders
Regions Europe, Northern Asia, North America Philippines (Mindanao)
Conservation Least Concern Data Deficient

Rugose Carrion Beetle

A small, dark silphid with heavily textured, rugose wing cases. It frequents sun-exposed carrion in open landscapes.

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Did You Know?

Females lay eggs on carcasses already infested with fly larvae, and their own larvae then feed on the maggots.

Lameere's Longhorn

A rare metallic blue-green cerambycid described from the forests of Mindanao in the Philippines. It is known from very few museum specimens. The pronotum bears conspicuous lateral spines.

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Did You Know?

Named after the Belgian entomologist Auguste Lameere, who monographed the Prioninae subfamily.