Necrodes

Necrodes
Necrodes littoralis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Staphyliniformia
Family:	Silphidae
Subfamily:	Silphinae
Tribe:	Necrodini
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

1. "Necrodes Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
2. "Necrodes". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
3. "Necrodes genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.

Further reading

• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2015). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea - Staphylinoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-29685-5.

External links

• Media related to Necrodes at Wikimedia Commons