TY - JOUR ID - TI - Description of red-legged ham beetle, Necrobia rufipes De Geer, 1775 (Coleoptera : Cleridae ) From Kurdistan region- Iraq AU - zewar zainal omar AU - Shatha H. Ahmmed AU - Nabeel A. Mawlood PY - 2019 VL - 31 IS - 4 SP - 167 EP - 172 JO - Zanco Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences مجلة زانكۆ للعلوم الصرفة والتطبيقية SN - 22180230 24123986 AB - Red-legged ham beetle, Necrobia rufipes De Geer is described from Kurdistan region- Iraq. The specimens were collected from the carrion and carcasses in contact with soil during January and March- 2018. Some important taxonomic parts especially male genitalia have been photographed. In comparison with other Cleridae , The body mostly entirely is metallic green. legs and antennae are red . Localities and date of the collection have been reported.

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