''Necrobia'' is a genus of
beetle
Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...
s belonging to the family
Cleridae
Cleridae are a family of beetles of the superfamily Cleroidea. They are commonly known as checkered beetles. The family Cleridae has a worldwide distribution, and a variety of habitats and feeding preferences.
Cleridae have many Ecological nich ...
.
The genus has
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of the Earth, in appropriate habitats; most cosmopolitan species are known to be highly adaptable to a range of climatic and en ...
.
Species:
* ''
Necrobia divinatoria''
Wickham, 1914
* ''
Necrobia ruficollis''
(Fabricius, 1775)
* ''
Necrobia rufipes
''Necrobia rufipes'', the red-legged ham beetle, is a species of predatory beetle, in the family Cleridae, with a cosmopolitan distribution, first described by Charles De Geer in 1775.
The adult beetles are long, convex, straight sided, and th ...
''
(De Geer, 1775)
* ''
Necrobia violacea''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
References
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Cleridae
Cleridae genera
Taxa named by Pierre André Latreille