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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Carrion Beetles (Silphidae) » Sexton Beetles (Nicrophorus) » Nicrophorus hybridus

Species Nicrophorus hybridus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Season · Works Cited
Silphid - Nicrophorus hybridus Unknown Nicrophorus sp.2 - Nicrophorus hybridus Nicrophorus hybridus head - Nicrophorus hybridus Nicrophurus species? - Nicrophorus hybridus Nicrophurus species? - Nicrophorus hybridus Nicrophorus of sorts.. - Nicrophorus hybridus Nicrophorus of sorts.. - Nicrophorus hybridus Nicrophorus of sorts.. - Nicrophorus hybridus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)
Superfamily Staphylinoidea
Family Silphidae (Carrion Beetles)
Genus Nicrophorus (Sexton Beetles)
Species hybridus (Nicrophorus hybridus)
Explanation of Names
Nicrophorus hybridus Hatch & Angell 1925
Size
13.8-20.5 mm(1)
Range
so. Canada (QC-BC) & w. US (MN-WA to n.AZ & nw.NM but not along the Pacific)(1)(2)(3)
Season
Jun-Sep(1)
Works Cited
1.The Carrion Beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae) of Nebraska
Brett Ratcliffe. 1996. University of Nebraska State Museum.
2.The carrion beetles of Canada and Alaska (Coleoptera: Silphidae and Agyrtidae)
Anderson, R.S. and S.B. Peck. 1985. Agriculture Canada.
3.Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition
Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.
Contributed by Guy A. Hanley on 28 September, 2007 - 1:50pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 15 March, 2014 - 12:54pm

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