Necrophilus pettiti

Necrophilus pettiti
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Coleoptera
Family:Agyrtidae
Genus:Necrophilus
Species: N. pettiti
Binomial name
Necrophilus pettiti
Horn, 1880

Necrophilus pettiti, the small scavenger beetle, is a species of primitive carrion beetle in the family Agyrtidae.[1][2][3][4] It is found in North America.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Necrophilus pettiti Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  2. "Necrophilus pettiti species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  3. "Necrophilus pettiti". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  4. "Necrophilus pettiti Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-06.

Further reading

  • 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.
  • 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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