Necrodes Explained

Necrodes is a genus of carrion beetles in the family Silphidae. There are at least four described species in Necrodes.

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)

Further reading

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