Necrophila
| Necrophila | |
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| Necrophila americana male (left) and female | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Silphidae |
| Subfamily: | Silphinae |
| Tribe: | Silphini |
| Genus: | Necrophila Kirby & Spence 1828 |
| Synonyms | |
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Necrobora Hope, 1840 | |
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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ "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.
External links
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Data related to Necrophila at Wikispecies
Media related to Necrophila at Wikimedia Commons
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