defensive predator, note the white stinking glands on the abdomenVerteidigungsbereiter Beutegreifer; beachte die weien Wehrdrsen am AbdomenL: 22-32 mmPhylum: Arthropoda LATREILLE, 1829 (arthropods, Gliederfer)Subphylum: Hexapoda BLAINVILLE, 1816Class: Insecta LINNAEUS, 1758 (insects, Insekten)Subclass: Pterygota LANG, 1888 (Fluginsekten)Infraclass: Neoptera Martynov, 1923 Order: Coleoptera LINNAEUS, 1758 (beetles, Kfer)Suborder: Polyphaga EMERY, 1886Infraorder: Staphyliniformia LaMEERE, 1900Superfamily: Staphylinoidea LATREILLE, 1802Family: Staphylinidae LATREILLE, 1802 (rove beetles, Kurzflgler)Subfamily: Staphylininae LATREILLE, 1802Tribus: Staphylinini LATREILLE, 1802Subtribus: Staphylinina LATREILLE, 1802Genus:
Ocypus LEACH, 1819Subgenus: Matidus MOTSCHULSKY, 1860
Ocypus olens MLLER, 1765 (Devil's coach horse beetle, Schwarzer Moderkfer)some info:
www.insektenbox.de/kaefer/schwmo.htmen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil%27s_coach_horse_beetleN-Germany, Lower Saxonia, river Elbe, vic. Hitzacker, 28.09.2013IMG_3096