Necrophila

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

Necrophila
Necrophila americana male (left) and female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Silphidae
Subfamily: Silphinae
Tribe: Silphini
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
Eosilpha Peck, 2001 (Missp.)

Necrophila is a genus of carrion beetles, with around 20 species:[1] most found in Asia, and one species in North America, Necrophila americana.[2]

  1. ^ "Necrophila species". mindat.
  2. ^ 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.