Nicrophorus carolinus

Nicrophorus carolinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Silphidae
Subfamily: Nicrophorinae
Tribe: Nicrophorini
Genus: Nicrophorus
Species: N. carolinus
Binomial name
Nicrophorus carolinus
Linnaeus, 1771
Synonyms
  • Necrocharis carolinus Portevin, 1923
  • Nicrophorus carolinus dolosus Portevin, 1923
  • N. c. floridae Brimley, 1938
  • N. c. mysticallis Portevin, 1923
  • N. mediatum Matzek, 1839
  • N. mediatus Fabricius, 1801
  • N. mysticallis Angell, 1912
  • N. (Necrocharis) carolinus Hatch, 1927
  • Silpha carolina Crotch, 1873
  • S. mediata Crotch, 1873

Nicrophorus carolinus is a burying beetle described by Linnaeus in 1771.

References

http://collections2.eeb.uconn.edu/nicroweb/PDFs/Sikes_et_al_2002.pdf


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