Nicrophorus sepultor

For the species misidentified by Gyllenhal in 1827 and declared a new species under the name Nicrophorus sepultor, but later corrected, see Nicrophorus vestigator

Nicrophorus sepultor
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Silphidae
Genus: Nicrophorus
Species:
N. sepultor
Binomial name
Nicrophorus sepultor
Synonyms
  • Necrophorus [sic] sepultor Charpentier, 1825
  • Necrophorus [sic] obrutor Erichson, 1837

Nicrophorus sepultor is a burying beetle described by Toussaint de Charpentier in 1825. It has a Palearctic distribution from Europe to central Asia.[1]

References

  1. Sikes, Derek S.; Madge, Ronald B. & Newton, Alfred F. (August 29, 2002). "A catalog of the Nicrophorinae (Coleoptera: Silphidae) of the world". Zootaxa. 65 (1): 1–304. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.65.1.1. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 10, 2006.


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