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#3411 · 🪲 beetles

Geribbelde aaskever

Thanatophilus sinuatus

🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands
Geribbelde aaskever, photo 1 of 7
1/7 © Cosimo Costanzia di Costigliole · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

Thanatophilus sinuatus is een keversoort behorend tot de familie van de Aaskevers. Hij komt voor op aas en karkassen tijdens het ontbindingsproces. Volwassen exemplaren zijn te vinden van mei tot september.

base stats

  • NL sightings 32iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 1,277iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

  • Spotted 32 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 1,277 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775 (251 years ago).

fact sheet

Nederlands
Geribbelde aaskever
scientific name
Thanatophilus sinuatus
class
Insecta
order
Coleoptera
family
Staphylinidae
sightings in NL
32
sightings in Europe
1,094
sightings worldwide
1,277
GBIF records in NL
588
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1775 by Johan Christian Fabricius

relatives· Staphylinidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 131973, Wikidata Q1513667, GBIF 4448510, Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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