Devil's coach horse beetle

Devil's coach-horse beetle
An adult Ocypus olens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Staphylinidae
Genus: Ocypus
Species:
O. olens
Binomial name
Ocypus olens
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

The devil's coach-horse beetle (Ocypus olens) is a species of beetle belonging to the large family of the rove beetles (Staphylinidae).[2] It was originally included in the genus Staphylinus in 1764,[3] and some authors and biologists still use this classification.

Etymology

The Latin species name olens, meaning "smelling", refers to the two white stinking glands on the abdomen.[4] This beetle has been associated with the Devil since the Middle Ages,[1] hence its common name, which has been used at least since 1840.[5] Other names include devil's footman, devil's coachman, and devil's steed. It is sometimes also known as the cock-tail beetle[6] for its habit of raising its abdomen.

One dictionary suggested that the name developed in parallelism with ladybird and its Norse cognates.[7] In Irish, the beetle is called dearga-daol[8] or darbh-daol.[9] The Irish also called it "the coffin cutter."[10] British folklore has it that a beetle has eaten the core of Eve's apple, and that a person who crushes such a beetle is forgiven seven sins.[11]

Subspecies

Subspecies within this species include:[1]

  • O. o. azoricus (Méquignon, 1942)
  • O. o. olens (O. Müller, 1764)

Distribution and habitat

These very common and widespread beetles are present in most of Europe and in North Africa. They have also been introduced to parts of the United States and Canada, specifically Oregon, Washington, California, and parts of British Columbia.[3] They prefer areas with damp conditions and can be found from April to October in meadows, heath and moorland, woodlands, hedgerows, and parks and gardens. During the day, they commonly stay under logs, stones, or leaf litter.[4][12]

Description

O. olens preying on a moth (Cymbalophora pudica)

It is a long-bodied, black beetle. At about 20–32 mm (13161+14 in),[12][13] it is one of the larger British beetles. Its wing covers (elytra) are short, covering only its thorax, exposing the abdominal segments. The abdominal musculature is powerful and the abdominal segments are covered with sclerotized plates. It is capable of flight, but its wings are rarely used. It is covered with fine, black hairs. It is well known for its habit of raising its long and uncovered abdomen and opening its jaws,[2] rather like a scorpion when threatened.[4] Although it has no sting, it can give a painful bite with its strong, pincer-like jaws. It emits a foul-smelling odour, as a defensive secretion, from a pair of white glands at the end of its abdomen.[2]

Biology and diet

It is a predator, hunting mainly by night, feeding on a range of invertebrates, including worms, slugs, spiders, and woodlice, as well as carrion.[4] The prey is caught in the mandibles, which are also used to cut and together with the front legs to manipulate the food into a bolus.[4] The bolus is repeatedly chewed and swallowed, emerging covered with a brown secretion from the foregut, until it is reduced to a liquid that is digested. Skin in the case of earthworms and hard materials from arthropods are left. The larvae are carnivorous with similar eating habits.[4]

Reproduction

O. olens mates in autumn. Females lay their eggs from 2–3 weeks after first mating.[2] They are large (4 mm or 316 in) and white with a darker band and laid singly in damp conditions under moss, stones, cow manure, or leaf litter.[4] After around 30 days, the eggs split and the larvae emerge, white with a straw-coloured head.[2][4][14] The larva lives largely underground, and feeds on similar prey to the adult and has the same well-developed mandibles.[4] It adopts the same display with open jaws and raised tail when threatened.[2]

The larva goes through three stages of growth (instars), the final stage ranging from 20 to 26 mm in length.[2] Around 150 days old,[4] the larva pupates for about 35 days[2] and emerges as an adult with its final colouring, fully formed except for the wings, which cannot be folded neatly beneath the elytra for several hours. Adults can survive a second winter, some by hibernating in burrows and not emerging until March, while others remain active.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Taxon profile: Ocypus: Devil's Coach-horse Ocypus olens (Müller, 1764)". www.biolib.cz. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Nield, C.E. (1976). "Aspects of the biology of Staphylinus olens (Müller), Britain's largest staphylinid beetle". Ecological Entomology. 1 (2): 117–126. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1976.tb01212.x. S2CID 83577339.
  3. ^ a b "Fauna Europaea : Taxon Details". 28 September 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-09-28. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Devil's coach horse - Bug Directory". Buglife. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  5. ^ "devil | Etymology of devil by etymonline". www.etymonline.com. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  6. ^ Wooton. A (2000). Spotter's Guide to Bugs and Insects (3 ed.). London: Usborne Publishing Limited. p. 25. ISBN 9780746040713.
  7. ^ A Dictionary of English Etymology. Trübner & Company, 1862
  8. ^ Ainmeacha Plandaí agus Ainmhithe (1978) Oifig an tSoláthair
  9. ^ Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla: an Irish-English dictionary, being a thesaurus of the words, phrases and idioms of the modern Irish language; compiled and edited by Patrick S. Dinneen. New edition, revised and greatly enlarged. xxx, 1344 p. Dublin: published for the Irish Texts Society by the Educational Company of Ireland, 1927.
  10. ^ Frank Cowan, Curious Facts in the History of Insects; “Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction” vol.xix p180.
  11. ^ Daniels, Cora Linn; Stevans, C.M. (2003). Encyclopedia of Superstitions, Folklore, and the Occult Sciences of the World. Minerva. p. 688. ISBN 978-1-4102-0915-3.
  12. ^ a b "Commanster". Archived from the original on 2017-01-09. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  13. ^ Species Ocypus olens - Devil's Coach Horse. bugguide.net. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  14. ^ R. E. Orth, Ian Moore, T. W. Fisher & E. F. Legner. Biological Notes on Ocypus olens, a Predator of Brown Garden Snail, with Descriptions of the Larva and Pupa (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). — Division of Biological Control, Citrus Research and Agricultural Experiment Station, University of California, Riverside, 1975. — pp. 292—298.

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