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

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. 
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