Necrophila

Necrophila
	Necrophila americana male (left) and female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Silphidae
Subfamily:	Silphinae
Genus:	Necrophila; Kirby & Spence 1828
Synonyms
	Necrobora Hope, 1840; Necrotropha Gistel, 1848; Eusilpha Semenov-Tian-Shanskij, 1891; Calosilpha Portevin, 1920; Deutosilpha Portevin, 1920; Chrysosilpha Portevin, 1921; Eosilpha Peck, 2001 (Missp.)

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

References

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.

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