Taxon profile

genus

sexton beetles
Nicrophorus Fabricius, 1775

kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Arthropoda - arthropods » class Insecta - insects » order Coleoptera - beetles » family Silphidae - carrion beetles » subfamily Nicrophorinae

Scientific synonyms

Acanthopsilus Portevin, 1914
Cyrtoscelis Hope, 1840
Eunecrophorus Semenov, 1933
Necrocharis Portevin, 1923
Necrophagus Leach, 1815
Necrophorindus Semenov, 1933
Necrophoriscus Semenov, 1933
Necropter Semenov, 1933
Necroxenus Semenov-Tian-Shanski, 1926
Neonicrophorus Hatch, 1946

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Other names

= burying beetle

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Type taxon:	Silpha vespillo Linnaeus, 1758
Temporal range:	Tertiary > Neogene > Pliocene – recent

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Included taxa

Number of records: 67

species Nicrophorus americanus Olivier, 1790 - American Burying Beetle

species Nicrophorus antennatus (Reitter, 1884)

species Nicrophorus apo Arnett, 1950

species Nicrophorus argutor Jakovlev, 1890

species Nicrophorus basalis Faldermann, 1835

species Nicrophorus carolinus (Linnaeus, 1771)

species Nicrophorus chilensis Philippi, 1871

species Nicrophorus concolor Kraatz, 1877

species Nicrophorus confusus Portevin, 1924

species Nicrophorus dauricus Motschulsky, 1860

species Nicrophorus defodiens Mannerheim, 1846

species Nicrophorus didymus Brullé, 1836

species Nicrophorus distinctus Grouvelle, 1885

species Nicrophorus encaustus Fairmaire, 1896

species Nicrophorus germanicus (Linnaeus, 1758)

species Nicrophorus guttula Motschulsky, 1845 - Yellow-bellied Burying Beetle
Quaternary: Chibanian – recent

species Nicrophorus hebes Kirby, 1837 - Unsensed Necrophorus

species Nicrophorus herscheli Sikes & Madge in Sikes, Madge & Trumbo, 2006

species Nicrophorus heurni Portevin, 1926

species Nicrophorus hispaniola Sikes & Peck, 2000

species Nicrophorus humator (Gleditsch, 1767) - Black Sexton Beetle

species Nicrophorus hybridus Hatch & Angell, 1925

species Nicrophorus insularis Grouvelle, 1893

species Nicrophorus interruptus Stephens, 1830

species Nicrophorus investigator Zetterstedt, 1824 - Banded Sexton Beetle

species Nicrophorus japonicus Harold, 1877

species Nicrophorus kieticus Mroczowski, 1959

species Nicrophorus lunatus Fischer von Waldheim, 1842

species Nicrophorus maculifrons Kraatz, 1877

species Nicrophorus marginatus Fabricius, 1801 - Margined Burying Beetle
Quaternary: Chibanian – recent

species Nicrophorus melissae Sikes & Madge in Sikes, Madge & Trumbo, 2006

species Nicrophorus mexicanus Matthews, 1888

species Nicrophorus mongolicus Shcheogoleva-Barovskaya, 1933

species Nicrophorus montivagus Lewis, 1887

species Nicrophorus morio Gebler, 1817

species Nicrophorus nepalensis Hope, 1831

species Nicrophorus nigricornis Faldermann, 1835

species Nicrophorus nigrita Mannerheim, 1843 - Black Burying Beetle
Quaternary: Chibanian – recent

species Nicrophorus oberthuri Portevin, 1924

species Nicrophorus obscurus Kirby, 1837

species Nicrophorus olidus Matthews, 1888

species Nicrophorus orbicollis Say, 1825 - Roundneck Sexton Beetle

species Nicrophorus podagricus Portevin, 1920

species Nicrophorus przewalskii Semenov-Tian-Shanski, 1894

species Nicrophorus pustulatus Herschel, 1807

species Nicrophorus quadraticollis Portevin, 1903

species Nicrophorus quadrimaculatus Matthews, 1888

species Nicrophorus quadripunctatus Kraatz, 1877

species Nicrophorus reichardti Kieseritzky, 1930

species Nicrophorus satanas Reitter, 1893

species Nicrophorus sausai Růžička, Háva & Schneider, 2000

species Nicrophorus sayi Laporte de Castelnau, 1840

species Nicrophorus scrutator Blanchard, 1842

species Nicrophorus semenowi (Reitter, 1887)

species Nicrophorus sepulchralis Heer, 1841

species Nicrophorus sepultor Charpentier, 1825

species Nicrophorus smefarka Háva, Schneider & Růžička

species Nicrophorus tenuipes Lewis, 1887

species Nicrophorus tomentosus Weber, 1801 - Tomentose Burying Beetle

species Nicrophorus trumboi Sikes & Madge in Sikes, Madge & Trumbo, 2006

species Nicrophorus ussuriensis Portevin, 1923

species Nicrophorus validus Portevin, 1920

species Nicrophorus vespillo (Linnaeus, 1758)

species Nicrophorus vespilloides Herbst, 1784 - Boreal Carrion Beetle

species Nicrophorus vestigator Herschel, 1807

Fossil taxa

species Nicrophorus pliozaenicus Gersdorf, 1969 ^†
Tertiary: Pliocene

Nomina dubia ^dub.

species Nicrophorus chryseus Mazokhin-Porshnyakov, 1953 ^dub.

Links and literature

The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1018288]

Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [https://www.irmng.org] [as Nicrophorus Fabricius, 1775]
Data retrieved on: 30 November 2019

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^dub. nomen dubium - name of unknown or doubtful application

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