Necrophilinae

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
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Staphyliniformia
Superfamilia: Staphylinoidea

Familia: Agyrtidae
Subfamilia: Necrophilinae
Genera (2): Necrophilus – Zeanecrophilus
Name

Necrophilinae Newton, 1997
Original status: valid subfamilia
Type genus: Necrophilus Latreille, 1829
Stem: Necrophil-

Synonyms

Necrophilini Jeannel, 1936

References

I.Löbl & A.Smetana (eds). 2004 Catalogue of Palearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 2: Hydrophiloidea-Staphylinoidea.
Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark ISBN 87-88757-74-9, p. 131
Newton, A.F. 1997: Review of Agyrtidae (Coleoptera), with a new genus and species from New Zealand. Annales zoologici, 47: 111–156. ISSN: 0003-4541
Zhou, H.-z.; Yu, X.-d.; Luo, T.-h. 2005: Discovery of the subfamily Necrophilinae (Coleoptera: Agyrtidae) in China and description of a new species of Necrophilus Latreille. Coleopterists bulletin, 59: 62–69. DOI: 10.1649/693
Zicha, Ondřej et al. Necrophilinae – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).