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Necrophila
| Description | Necrophila is a genus of carrion beetles, with around 20 species: most found in Asia, and one species in North America, Necrophila americana. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necrophila, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Silphidae : Necrophila | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Necrophila Kirby & Spence, 1828 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Kirby, William & William Spence. 1828. An introduction to entomology : or, Elements of the natural history of insects. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, London. Vol. 4, Fifth Edition: i-iv; 1-683; pls. 21-30. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necrophila |
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Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Necrophila americana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Necrophila andrewesi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Necrophila brunnicollis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Necrophila cyaneocephala species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Necrophila cyaneocincta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Necrophila cyaniventris species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Necrophila formosa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Necrophila ioptera species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Necrophila jakowlewi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Necrophila japonica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Necrophila luciae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Necrophila renatae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Necrophila rufithorax species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Necrophila subcaudata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Necrophila thibetana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Necrophila viridis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Chrysosilpha Portevin, 1921 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Silphidae : Chrysosilpha |
| Deutosilpha Portevin, 1920 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Silphidae : Deutosilpha |
| Deuterosilpha Hatch, 1928 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Silphidae : Deuterosilpha |
| Necrobora Hope, 1840 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Silphidae : Necrobora |
References
| Peck, Stewart B. / Arnett, Ross H., Jr., and Michael C. Thomas, eds., 2001: Family 21. Silphidae Latreille, 1807. American Beetles, vol. 1: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia. 268-271. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |
| Peck, S. B., and S. E. Miller, 1993: Family: Silphidae. A Catalog of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico. x + 24. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |
| Hallan, J. (2000-current). Biology Catalog. Web compilation accessible at http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (accessed June 2012). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| Introd. Entom., ed. 5, 4 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
