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Common Name:
American Carrion Beetle

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Staphyliniformia
Superfamily: Staphylinoidea
Family: Silphidae
Subfamily: Silphinae
Tribe:
Species:
Necrophila americana

Hodges No:

Location:
Ward Pound Ridge
Cross River, NY
USA

Date: 7/8/06

Stage: Adult
Sex:
Notes:

Image at BugGuide:

Necrophila americana Silphidae
American Carrion Beetle
Identifications represent best guesses on my part and are not intended to be authoritative.
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