Nicrophorus satanas

Nicrophorus satanas
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Silphidae
Genus:	Nicrophorus
Species:	N. satanas
Binomial name
	Nicrophorus satanas; Reitter, 1893
Synonyms
	N. satana – Nishikawa, 1986;

Nicrophorus satanas is a burying beetle described by Edmund Reitter in 1893.[1]

General Characteristics

Nicrophorus satanas is a burying beetle commonly found in Europe and Asia. They can measure between 2.5–3.8 cm. They have thick bodies with red markings on them.

References

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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[Sikes_et_al._2002-1] 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.