Carrion Beetle

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phylum Arthropoda Silphidae is a family of beetles that are known commonly as large carrion beetles, carrion beetles or burying beetles. There are two subfamilies: Silphinae and Nicrophorinae. Nicrophorines are sometimes known as sexton beetles. The number of species is relatively small and around two hundred.

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Class Insecta
order Coleoptera
family Silphidae