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Species Necrophilus hydrophiloides - Flat Brown Scavenger Beetle

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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 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
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.