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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Rove, Carrion and Fungus Beetles (Staphylinoidea) » Carrion Beetles (Silphidae) » Sexton Beetles (Nicrophorus) » Nicrophorus carolinus

Species Nicrophorus carolinus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Range · Works Cited
Sexton beetle - Nicrophorus carolinus Burying Beetle - Nicrophorus carolinus Nicrophorus carolinus Nicrophorus carolinus Nicrophorus carolinus Sexton Beetle - Nicrophorus carolinus Carrion Beetle - Nicrophorus carolinus ___ Carrion Beetle - Nicrophorus carolinus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
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 carolinus (Nicrophorus carolinus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Orig. Comb: Silpha carolina Linnaeus 1771
Numbers
15 spp. n. of Mex. (1)
Range
Gulf States (2)
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
By Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.)
2.Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America, North of Mexico ("The Leng Catalogue")
By Charles W. Leng. 1920.
Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 25 February, 2007 - 7:37am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 29 April, 2010 - 8:20am

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