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Necrophila americana (♂ on left, ♀ on right)
Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Staphylinoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Silphidae
Subfamilia: Silphinae
Genus: Necrophila
Subgenera (5):
Calosilpha –
Chrysosilpha –
Deutosilpha –
Eusilpha –
Necrophila
Overview of species (19)
N. americana – N. cyaniventris – N. formosa – N. ioptera – N. luciae – N. renatae – N. rufithorax – N. viridis ...
Name
- Necrophila Kirby & Spence, 1828: 509
- Type species: Silpha americana Linnaeus, 1758
- Type by original designation
- Type species: Silpha americana Linnaeus, 1758
Synonymy
- Necrobora Hope, 1840
- Necrotropha Gistel, 1848
References
- Kirby, W. & Spence, W. 1828: An Introduction to Entomology: or elements of the natural history of insects, 4. Fifth Edition. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, London. BHL
- Anderson, R.S. and Peck, S.B. 1985: The Carrion Beetles of Canada and Alaska (Coleoptera: Silphidae and Agyrtidae). Research Branch Agriculture Canada, Ottawa.
- Růžička, J., Qubaiová, J., Nishikawa, M. & Schneider, J. 2015. Revision of Palearctic and Oriental Necrophila Kirby et Spence, part 3: subgenus Calosilpha Portevin (Coleoptera: Silphidae: Silphinae). Zootaxa 4013(4): 451–502. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4013.4.4 . Preview (PDF) Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Links
- ION
- Nomenclator Zoologicus
- Tree of Life classification of Silphinae showing subgenera of Necrophila
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