# Creophilus
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{{Short description|Genus of beetles}}
{{distinguish|Creophylus}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Staphylinidae - Creophilus variegatus.JPG
| image_caption = ''Creophilus variegatus'' from [Peru](/source/Peru). Male and female.
| taxon = Creophilus
| authority = [Leach](/source/William_Elford_Leach), 1819
}}
'''''Creophilus''''' is a genus of beetles of the [Staphylinidae](/source/Staphylinidae) [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)), subfamily [Staphylininae](/source/Staphylininae). It includes some of the largest rove beetle species, up to 30 mm long. Almost all species live primarily on carrion and feed on maggots, and so are of interest to [forensic entomologists](/source/Forensic_entomology) estimating the age of a corpse.[{{Cite journal|last=Clarke|first=Dave J.|date=2011|title=Testing the phylogenetic utility of morphological character systems, with a revision of ''Creophilus'' Leach (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)|journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society|language=en|volume=163|issue=3|pages=723–812|doi=10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00725.x|doi-access=}}] The European species [''C''. ''maxillosus''](/source/Creophilus_maxillosus) (Linnaeus, 1758) was described in the ''[Systema Naturae](/source/Systema_Naturae)'', and has been widely studied, but some other species in the genus are little known.