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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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151534 - Necrophilus hydrophiloides
Copyright © 2005 Rob Curtis

151534 - Necrophilus hydrophiloides
Olympic NP, Washington, USA
May 29, 1996
Size: about 1/4" estimate
I had this as Tenebrionid but this appears to be wrong.
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Contributed by Rob Curtis on 18 August, 2005 - 12:56pm
Last updated 24 August, 2005 - 11:25am

Carrion beetle.
This is one of those carrion beetles that just got split out into its own family....doh! What's the name? Agyrtidae! Thanks, Google:-) The species is Necrophilus hydrophiloides. Quite common in Oregon at least. Found a whole boatload under a dead coot once.
… Eric R. Eaton, 19 August, 2005 - 2:40pm login or register to post comments

 
CARRION BEETLE
Hi Eric,
Thanks very much for the ID. Strangely, when I went to add it to my database, I saw that there were 4 successive numbers with this name. Apparently this image got separated from the rest and was floating around as an unknown.
Well this is double confirmation then. I didn't have that new family name though.
… Rob Curtis, 19 August, 2005 - 9:26pm login or register to post comments

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