Nicrophorus germanicus

Nicrophorus germanicus is a burying beetle described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. Males are larger than females and can reach a body length of 27 mm.[1]

Nicrophorus germanicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Silphidae
Genus: Nicrophorus
Species:
N. germanicus
Binomial name
Nicrophorus germanicus
Synonyms
  • Dermestes listerianus Geoffroy, 1785
  • Neonicrophorus germanicus Hatch, 1946
  • Nicrophorus armeniacus Portevin, 1922
  • N. bimaculatus Haworth, 1807
  • N. cadaverinus Gistel, 1857
  • N. defodiens grandior Portevin, 1926
  • N. frontalis Fischer von Waldheim, 1844
  • N. germanicum Matzek, 1839
  • N. germanicus apicalis Kraatz, 1880
  • N. g. bimaculatus Heyden, 1891
  • N. g. bipunctatus Kraatz, 1880
  • N. g. fascifer Winkler, 1925
  • N. g. fascifera Portevin, 1923
  • N. g. frontalis Lacordaire, 1854
  • N. g. germanicus Madge, 1958
  • N. g. morio Emetz, 1975
  • N. g. ruthenis Marseul, 1884
  • N. g. speciosa Arnett, 1944
  • N. g. speciosus Schaum, 1862
  • N. grandior Angell, 1912
  • N. humator bimaculatus Stein & Weise, 1877
  • N. h. frontalis Jakobson, 1910
  • N. proserpinae Gistel, 1857
  • N. ruthenus Motschulsky, 1859
  • N. (Necrophorindus) ornatus Hlisnikovský, 1964
  • Silpha germanica Linnaeus, 1758
  • S. g. fascifera Reitter, 1884
  • S. g. speciosa Reitter, 1884
  • S. germanicus Marseul, 1885
  • S. g. apicalis Reitter, 1884
  • S. g. bipunctata Reitter, 1884
  • S. g. fascifer Heyden, 1891
  • S. ruthenis Reitter, 1884
  • S. speciosa Schulze, 1855

References
  1. RAS Zoological institute, St. Petersburg
  • 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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