Nicrophorus humator

Nicrophorus humator is a burying beetle described by Gleditsch in 1767 (as Silpha humator). It has a Palearctic distribution, including North Africa.[1] A fossil dating to around 10,500 years ago was described in 1962 by Pearson.

Nicrophorus humator
Temporal range: .0105–Recent Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Silphidae
Genus: Nicrophorus
Species:
N. humator
Binomial name
Nicrophorus humator
(Gleditsch, 1767)
Synonyms
  • N. h. atricornis Meier, 1899
  • N. h. maculosus Meier, 1899
  • N. humatorem Matzek, 1839
  • N. nigerrimus Kraatz, 1884
  • N. sulcatus Fischer von Waldheim, 1844
  • N. (Necrocleptes) humator Semenov-Tian-Shanskij, 1933
  • Silpha humator Gleditsch, 1767

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. 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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