Necrophila

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Staphyliniformia
Superfamilia: Staphylinoidea

Familia: Silphidae
Subfamilia: Silphinae
Genus: Necrophila
Subgenera (5): Calosilpha – Chrysosilpha – Deutosilpha – Eusilpha – Necrophila
Overview of species (19)

N. americana – N. cyaniventris – N. formosa – N. ioptera – N. luciae – N. renatae – N. rufithorax – N. viridis
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Name

Necrophila Kirby & Spence, 1828: 509
Type species: Silpha americana Linnaeus, 1758
Type by original designation

Synonymy

Necrobora Hope, 1840
Necrotropha Gistel, 1848

Necrophila americana male (left) and female

References

Kirby, W. & Spence, W. 1828: An Introduction to Entomology: or elements of the natural history of insects, 4. Fifth Edition. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, London. BHL
Anderson, R.S. and Peck, S.B. 1985: The Carrion Beetles of Canada and Alaska (Coleoptera: Silphidae and Agyrtidae). Research Branch Agriculture Canada, Ottawa.
Růžička, J., Qubaiová, J., Nishikawa, M. & Schneider, J. 2015. Revision of Palearctic and Oriental Necrophila Kirby et Spence, part 3: subgenus Calosilpha Portevin (Coleoptera: Silphidae: Silphinae). Zootaxa 4013(4): 451–502. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4013.4.4. Preview (PDF) Full article (PDF) Reference page.

Links

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Nomenclator Zoologicus
Tree of Life classification of Silphinae showing subgenera of Necrophila

Necrophila is a genus of carrion beetles, with around 20 species:[1] most found in Asia, and one species in North America, Necrophila americana.[2]
Species

Necrophila americana
Necrophila andrewesi
Necrophila brunnicollis
Necrophila cyaneocephala
Necrophila cyaneocincta
Necrophila cyaniventris
Necrophila formosa
Necrophila ioptera
Necrophila jakowlewi
Necrophila japonica
Necrophila luciae
Necrophila renatae
Necrophila rufithorax
Necrophila subcaudata
Necrophila thibetana
Necrophila viridis

References

"Necrophila species". mindat.
Ratcliffe, Brett (1996). "The Carrion Beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae) of Nebraska" (PDF). Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum. 13: 30–31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-06-29. Retrieved 2015-05-23.