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Necrophilus
Sign in to saveNecrophilus is a genus of primitive carrion beetles in the family Agyrtidae. There are at least three described species in Necrophilus.
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 4 inbound references to Necrophilus, and connects out to Animalia, insect and International Standard Book Number.
Vinony files it under Staphylinoidea and Taxa named by Pierre André Latreille.
Vinony links it to 6 Wikipedia language editions.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 11
- With media
- 24
- Family
- Agyrtidae
- Collections
- EMEC, CU, INHS, CLEMSON UNIVERSITY ARTHROPOD COLLECTION, FMNH, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- United States
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Species
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Necrophilus is a genus of primitive carrion beetles in the family Agyrtidae. There are at least three described species in Necrophilus.
==Species== These three species belong to the genus Necrophilus: Necrophilus hydrophiloides Guérin-Méneville, 1835 (flat brown scavenger beetle) Necrophilus pettiti Horn, 1880 (small scavenger beetle) Necrophilus subterraneus (Dahl, 1807)
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