Necrodes

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

Necrodes
Necrodes littoralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Staphyliniformia
Family:	Silphidae
Subfamily:	Silphinae
Tribe:	Necrodini
Genus:	Necrodes Leach, 1815

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)