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title: "Devil's Coach Horse Beetle"
description: "Ocypus olens — Insects & spiders. The devil's coach-horse beetle (Ocypus olens) is a species of beetle belonging to the large family of the rove beetles (Staphylinidae)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/devil-s-coach-horse-beetle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Devil's Coach Horse Beetle

> Ocypus olens — Insects & spiders. The devil's coach-horse beetle (Ocypus olens) is a species of beetle belonging to the large family of the rove beetles (Staphylinidae).

- Scientific name: *Ocypus olens*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 21413
- Wikidata: [Q855934](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q855934)
- iNaturalist taxon: [53869](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/53869)

## Names

- en: Devil's Coach Horse Beetle
- de: Schwarzer Moderkäfer
- fr: Staphylin odorant
- nl: Stinkende kortschildkever
- pl: Próchniaczek czarniawy

## Countries with the most observations

GB (2477), FR (1902), US (1787), DE (1254), ES (676), IT (642), DK (613), PT (502), NL (267), AT (230), BE (199), PL (187)

## Summary

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

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil%27s_coach_horse_beetle

## Photo

![Devil's Coach Horse Beetle](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/devil-s-coach-horse-beetle/medium.jpg)

Photo: j · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/248814225

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/devil-s-coach-horse-beetle?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).