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Species Nicrophorus americanus - American Burying Beetle

Phylum Arthropoda - Arthropods

Class Insecta - Insects

Order Coleoptera - Beetles

Suborder Polyphaga - Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles

Superfamily Staphylinoidea - Rove, Carrion and Fungus Beetles

Family Silphidae - Carrion Beetles

Genus Nicrophorus - Sexton Beetles

Species americanus - American Burying Beetle

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