Necrophila americana

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 Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Staphyliniformia Superfamilia: Staphylinoidea

Familia: Silphidae
Subfamilia: Silphinae
Genus: Necrophila
Species: Necrophila americana

Name

• Necrophila americana (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Original combination: Silpha americana

Synonymy

• Necrophila affinis (Kirby)
• Necrophila canadensis (Kirby)
• Necrophila peltata (Catesby)
• Necrophila terminata (Kirby)
  

[source: Campbell (no date)]

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp  DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 360. Reference page. 

Links

• ZooBank: act:EAB5FECC-FC82-4481-BB0D-814FFC386F01
• Campbell, J.M. no date: FAMILY SILPHIDAE (carrion beetles). Published online, 3 pp. PDF

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Amerikanischer Aaskäfer
English: American carrion beetle