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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cleroidea » Checkered Beetles (Cleridae) » Korynetinae » Necrobia » Red-Shouldered Ham Beetle (Necrobia ruficollis)

Species Necrobia ruficollis - Red-Shouldered Ham Beetle

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Cleroidea
Family Cleridae (Checkered Beetles)
Subfamily Korynetinae
Genus Necrobia
Species ruficollis (Red-Shouldered Ham Beetle)
Other Common Names
Red-breasted Copra Beetle, "Latreille's saviour" - Wiki
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Necrobia ruficollis (Fabricius)
Orig. Comb: Dermestes ruficollis Fabricius 1775
Size
4.0–6.5 mm
Range
native to the Palaearctic (now cosmopolitan)(1), adventive in N. America but rather uncommon both here and in Eurasia
Habitat
often on skin/bones of dead animals, and on fishmeal(2)
Remarks
This species saved Latreille's life...
Internet References
Ham Beetle - Australian Museum
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of North American beetles of the family Cleridae
Wolcott A.B. 1947. Fieldiana: Zoology 32: 63–105.
2.Handbook of urban insects and arachnids: A handbook of urban entomology
Robinson W.H. 2005. Cambridge University Press.
Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 22 December, 2008 - 11:18am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 20 September, 2016 - 1:50pm

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