Necrophilus
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Clade: | Euarthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Agyrtidae |
Genus: | Necrophilus Latreille, 1829 |
Necrophilus is a genus of primitive carrion beetles in the family Agyrtidae. There are at least three described species in Necrophilus.[1][2][3][4]
Species
These three species belong to the genus Necrophilus:
- Necrophilus hydrophiloides Guérin-Méneville, 1835 i c g b (flat brown scavenger beetle)
- Necrophilus pettiti Horn, 1880 i c g b (small scavenger beetle)
- Necrophilus subterraneus (Dahl, 1807) g
Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]
References
- 1 2 "Necrophilus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
- 1 2 "Browse Necrophilus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
- 1 2 "Necrophilus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
- 1 2 "Necrophilus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
Further reading
- Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
- Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". Zookeys. Pensoft Publishers. 88 (88). doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. ISSN 1313-2989.
- LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
- Mazur, Slawomir (2004). Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea - Histeroidea - Staphylinoidea. Apollo Books. pp. 68–102. ISBN 87-88757-74-9.
- Peck, Stewart B. (2001). Arnett, Ross H. Jr.; Thomas, Michael C., eds. Family 18. Agyrtidae C.G. Thomson, 1859. American Beetles. 1: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia. CRC Press. pp. 247–249. ISBN 0-8493-1925-0.
- Peck, S.B.; Miller, S.E. (1993). "Family: Silphidae". A Catalog of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico. United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service.
- White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.
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