The Carrion Beetles of Northeastern Iowa
Order: Coleoptera, Family: Silphidae


Taxon
AB
Occurrence
June
July
Aug
A.Subfamily: Silphinae

              
        1. Necrodes surinamensis
U
  
X
X
X
X
 
        2. Necrophila americana
A
  
X
X
X
X
 
        3. Oiceoptoma inaequale
R
 
 
X
 
 
 
        4. Oiceoptoma novaboracense
C
 
X
X
X
X
 
        5. Thanatophilus lapponicus
R
 
X
 
X
 
 
B.Subfamily: Nicrophorinae
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
       1. Nicrophorus hybridus

R
 
X
 
 
 
 
       2. Nicrophorus investigator
R
 
 
X
X
 
 
       3. Nicrophorus marginatus
R
 
 
X
X
 
 
       4. Nicrophorus orbicollis
U
 
X
X
X
X
 
       5. Nicrophorus pustulatus
R
 
 
X
X
X
 
       6. Nicrophorus tomentosus
U
 
 
X
X
X
 

AB: abundance (A=abundant, C=common, U=uncommon, R=rare)

This assemblage of carrion beetle species of Northeastern Iowa are the results of a survey by Coyle and Larsen (1998) of ten sites in four counties of Northeastern Iowa during the summer of 1996.

Coyle, D.R. and K.J. Larsen. 1998. Carrion beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae) of Northeastern Iowa: A comparison of baits for sampling. Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science 105(4): 161-164.