Necrodes

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Short description: Genus of carrion beetles in the family Silphidae

Necrodes
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Silphidae
Genus: Necrodes
Leach, 1815

Necrodes is a genus of carrion beetles in the family Silphidae. There are at least four described species in Necrodes.[1][2][3]

Species

These four species belong to the genus Necrodes:

  • Necrodes littoralis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Necrodes nigricornis Harold, 1875
  • Necrodes primaevus Beutenmüller & Cockerell, 1908
  • Necrodes surinamensis (Fabricius, 1775) (red-lined carrion beetle)

References

Further reading

  • Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea - Staphylinoidea. Apollo Books. 2015. ISBN 978-90-04-29685-5. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3337668 entry





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