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Species Necrophilus hydrophiloides - Flat Brown Scavenger Beetle

Representative Images

Scarab, I think! - Necrophilus hydrophiloides Tenebrionid? - Necrophilus hydrophiloides unknown beetle - Necrophilus hydrophiloides - male 5133 - Necrophilus hydrophiloides Flat Brown Scavenger Beetle. - Necrophilus hydrophiloides Flat Brown Scavenger Beetle. - Necrophilus hydrophiloides Flat Brown Scavenger Beetle. - Necrophilus hydrophiloides Platydema sp.? Possibly Platydema oregonensis? - 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
Species hydrophiloides (Flat Brown Scavenger Beetle)

Explanation of Names

Necrophilus hydrophiloides Guérin-Méneville 1835

Size

5-13 mm(1)

Identification

winged species(2)

Range

West Coast (AK-CA)(2)

Habitat

wet coastal forests(1)

Season

Nov-May in CA(1)

Life Cycle

Larva

Works Cited

1.California Beetle Project
2.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.
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 24 August, 2005 - 11:25am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 21 October, 2012 - 4:53pm

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