{{Short description|Genus of beetles}} {{Distinguish|text=Necrophilia, the act of having sex with a corpse}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Necrophila americana (Linnaeus) pair.jpg | image_caption = ''Necrophila americana'' male (left) and female | display_parents = 2 | taxon = Necrophila | authority = Kirby & Spence 1828 | synonyms = ''Necrobora'' <small>Hope, 1840</small><br> ''Necrotropha'' <small>Gistel, 1848</small><br> ''Eusilpha'' <small>Semenov-Tian-Shanskij, 1891</small><br> ''Calosilpha'' <small>Portevin, 1920</small><br> ''Deutosilpha'' <small>Portevin, 1920</small><br> ''Chrysosilpha'' <small>Portevin, 1921</small><br> ''Eosilpha'' <small>Peck, 2001 (Missp.)</small> }}
'''''Necrophila''''' is a genus of carrion beetles, with around 20 species:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Necrophila species|url=https://www.mindat.org/taxon-4763110.html|website=mindat}}</ref> most found in Asia, and one species in North America, ''Necrophila americana''.<ref>{{cite journal|title=The Carrion Beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae) of Nebraska|first=Brett|last=Ratcliffe|journal=Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum|year=1996|volume=13|pages=30–31|url=http://museum.unl.edu/pubs/CarrionBeetlesOfNE-Ratcliffe1996.pdf#page=36|access-date=2015-05-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629103847/http://museum.unl.edu/pubs/CarrionBeetlesOfNE-Ratcliffe1996.pdf#page=36|archive-date=2016-06-29|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Species== * ''Necrophila americana'' * ''Necrophila andrewesi'' * ''Necrophila brunnicollis'' * ''Necrophila cyaneocephala'' * ''Necrophila cyaneocincta'' * ''Necrophila cyaniventris'' * ''Necrophila formosa'' * ''Necrophila ioptera'' * ''Necrophila jakowlewi'' * ''Necrophila japonica'' * ''Necrophila luciae'' * ''Necrophila renatae'' * ''Necrophila rufithorax'' * ''Necrophila subcaudata'' * ''Necrophila thibetana'' * ''Necrophila viridis''
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==External links== *{{Wikispecies-inline}} *{{Commons category-inline}}
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Category:Silphidae Category:Necrophages
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