Necrophila americana (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Tomus I. L. Salvii, Holmiae. 824 + iii pp.
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Coleoptera
- family
- Staphylinidae
- genus
- Necrophila
- species
- Necrophila americana
Name
- Synonyms
- Oiceoptoma affine Kirby, 1837
- Oiceoptoma canadense Kirby, 1837
- Oiceoptoma terminatum Kirby, 1837
- Silpha americana Linnaeus, 1758
- Silpha peltata J.L.LeConte, 1853
- Homonyms
- Necrophila americana (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Common names
- American Carrion Beetle in English
- Amerikanischer Aaskäfer in German
- silphe d'Amérique in French
- American Carrion Beetle in English
- American Carrion Beetle in English
Bibliographic References
- Peck, S. B., and S. E. Miller, 1993: Family: Silphidae. A Catalog of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico. x + 24.
- 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.