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Genus Necrophilus

Primitive Carrion Beetle - Necrophilus hydrophiloides Beetle 03.23.2009 098 - Necrophilus pettiti Unknown Beetle - Necrophilus pettiti Awesome Beetle - Necrophilus pettiti Necrophilus... - Necrophilus hydrophiloides Necrophilus pettiti Flat Brown Scavenger Beetle.  - Necrophilus hydrophiloides Necrophilus hydrophiloides
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)
Superfamily Staphylinoidea
Family Agyrtidae (Primitive Carrion Beetles)
Genus Necrophilus
Explanation of Names
Necrophilus Latreille 1829
Numbers
2 spp. in our area(1), 7 spp. total
Range
holarctic; in our area, one sp. in the east (so.ON-FL to MO-LA) and one in the west (AK-CA)(1)
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia
Arnett, R.H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). 2000. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.