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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Primitive Carrion Beetles (Agyrtidae) » Necrophilus » Flat Brown Scavenger Beetle (Necrophilus hydrophiloides)

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Copyright © 2007 Scott Nelson

Unknown Carrion Beetle - Necrophilus hydrophiloides

Forest Grove, Washington County, Oregon, USA
March 23, 2003
Size: 11 mm

I cannot find this beetle in the carrion beetles. Is it in fact a silphidae species? Any ID help would be appreciated. It's elytra are rather dimpled or punctate.

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Unknown Carrion Beetle - Necrophilus hydrophiloides

Unknown Carrion Beetle - Necrophilus hydrophiloides

Unknown Carrion Beetle - Necrophilus hydrophiloides

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Contributed by Scott Nelson on 9 December, 2007 - 6:09pm
Last updated 19 September, 2008 - 9:42am

Moved

Moved from Primitive Carrion Beetles.

… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 19 September, 2008 - 9:42am

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Necrophilus hydrophiloides

-- nice shots; thanks, Will, for moving the pics

… v belov, 19 September, 2008 - 6:47am

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Agyrtidae

Looks like an argyrtid of some sort. Nice find!

… Jeff Gruber, 9 December, 2007 - 6:28pm

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Or Jeff

Or Jeff will know.

Cool beetle

… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 9 December, 2007 - 6:30pm

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...

Like this one:

we have been finding them in Vancouver too.

… Sean McCann, 9 December, 2007 - 10:49pm

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The heavily striated elytra d

The heavily striated elytra don't seem to fit any Silphid in the guide.. but the pronotum and clubbed antenae look like one. Guy will know for sure if it's a Silphid, if it isn't maybe Jim or Philip will know

… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 9 December, 2007 - 6:21pm

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not a silphid

it is something in the primitive carrion beetles (Agyrtidae) I am thinking genus Necrophilus

… Guy A. Hanley, 10 December, 2007 - 12:39pm

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Like to have a few

if you happened to collect more, Id like to have some examples here.

… Guy A. Hanley, 10 December, 2007 - 12:40pm

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Sorry

I live in FL now but collected just the one when I lived in Oregon. Thanks for the help with the ID. I moved it to the correct family.

… Scott Nelson, 10 December, 2007 - 4:31pm

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