Genus Necrophila

Classification · Numbers · Works Cited

American Carrion Beetle - Necrophila americana

A Burying Beetle Garden Party - Necrophila americana

American carrion beetles - Necrophila americana

Bug/beetle on dead squirrel - Necrophila americana

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 Necrophila

Numbers

Ratcliffe, p. 30 says worldwide there are about 20 species, but just one in North America. (1)

Nearctica.com lists one species for North America, N. americana.

Works Cited

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

Contributed by Cotinis on 6 September, 2004 - 9:41am

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