Genus Necrodes

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited

Red-lined Carrion Beetle - Necrodes surinamensis

Red-lined Carrion Beetle - Necrodes surinamensis - male

BG2169 C2647 - Necrodes surinamensis - male

Red-lined Carrion Beetle - Necrodes surinamensis - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

Superfamily Staphylinoidea (Rove, Carrion and Fungus Beetles)

Family Silphidae (Carrion Beetles)

Genus Necrodes

Explanation of Names

Author of genus is Leach, 1815.

Numbers

Ratcliffe, p. 26 lists 5 spp. in genus, only one in North America. (1)

Nearctica.com lists one species, in genus for North America, Necrodes surinamensis.

Range

Holarctic (North America, Europe, Asia)

Works Cited

1.	The Carrion Beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae) of Nebraska By Brett Ratcliffe

Contributed by Cotinis on 6 September, 2004 - 9:00am
Last updated 8 August, 2005 - 8:37pm

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