Necrophila

Necrophila americana (♂ on left, ♀ on right)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Staphylinoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa 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: Silphidae
Subfamilia: Silphinae
Genus: Necrophila
Subgenera (5): Calosilpha – Chrysosilpha – Deutosilpha – Eusilpha – Necrophila

Overview of species (19)

N. americana – N. cyaniventris – N. formosa – N. ioptera – N. luciae – N. renatae – N. rufithorax – N. viridis
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Name

• Necrophila Kirby & Spence, 1828: 509
  • Type species: Silpha americana Linnaeus, 1758
    • Type by original designation

Synonymy

• Necrobora Hope, 1840
• Necrotropha Gistel, 1848

References

• Kirby, W. & Spence, W. 1828: An Introduction to Entomology: or elements of the natural history of insects, 4. Fifth Edition. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, London. BHL
• Anderson, R.S. and Peck, S.B. 1985: The Carrion Beetles of Canada and Alaska (Coleoptera: Silphidae and Agyrtidae). Research Branch Agriculture Canada, Ottawa.
• Růžička, J., Qubaiová, J., Nishikawa, M. & Schneider, J. 2015. Revision of Palearctic and Oriental Necrophila Kirby et Spence, part 3: subgenus Calosilpha Portevin (Coleoptera: Silphidae: Silphinae). Zootaxa 4013(4): 451–502. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4013.4.4. Preview (PDF) Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

Links

• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus
• Tree of Life classification of Silphinae showing subgenera of Necrophila