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Necrophila

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Not to be confused with Necrophilia, the act of having sex with a corpse.

Necrophila
Necrophila americana male (left) and female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Silphidae
Subfamily:
Silphinae
Genus:
Necrophila

Kirby & Spence 1828
Synonyms

Necrobora Hope 1840
Necrotropha Gistel 1848
Eusilpha Semenov-Tian-Shanskij 1891
Calosilpha Portevin 1920
Deutosilpha Portevin 1920
Chrysosilpha Portevin 1921

Necrophila is a genus of carrion beetles, with around 20 species: most found in Asia, and one species in North America, Necrophila americana.[1]

References

  1. ^ Ratcliffe, Brett (1996). "The Carrion Beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae) of Nebraska" (PDF). Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum. 13: 30–31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-06-29. Retrieved 2015-05-23.

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