Nicrophorini

Nicrophorinae is a subfamily of burying beetles or carrion beetles. There are 65 living species of this subfamily, and 3 fossil species.

Nicrophorinae
Temporal range: .0105–Recent Ma
American burying beetle
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Nicrophorinae
Tribes
  • Nicrophorini

The only tribe is Nicrophorini.

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Fossils

A fossil of N. humator dating around 10,500 years was described in 1962 by Oliver Paynie Pearson.[2]

References

  1. BioLib.cz
  2. 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). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.65.1.1. ISBN 0-9582395-1-7. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 10, 2006.


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