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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Carrion Beetles (Silphinae) » Sexton Beetles (Nicrophorus) » Margined Burying Beetle (Nicrophorus marginatus)

Species Nicrophorus marginatus - Margined Burying Beetle

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · See Also · Works Cited
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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 Staphylinidae (Rove Beetles)
Subfamily Silphinae (Carrion Beetles)
Genus Nicrophorus (Sexton Beetles)
Species marginatus (Margined Burying Beetle)
Explanation of Names
Nicrophorus marginatus Fabricius 1801
Size
13.9-22.0 mm(1)
Identification
cannot be separated from N. obscurus and N. guttula based on overall appearance(1)
Range
the most widely distributed of our Nicrophorus spp., but uncommon in se US - Map (1)(2)(3), less common out west than Nicrophorus guttula
Season
mostly: Apr-Oct (BG data)
See Also
cannot be separated from N. obscurus and N. guttula based on overall appearance(1)

Nicrophorus guttula
- common w. N. Amer.
Det. Guy A. Hanley, 2017

Nicrophorus obscurus
- Range: n. plains, n. rockies
Det. Guy A. Hanley, 2007
Works Cited
1.The Carrion Beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae) of Nebraska
Brett Ratcliffe. 1996. University of Nebraska State Museum.
2.The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Vol. 1 and 2.
Downie, N.M., and R.H. Arnett. 1996. The Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, FL.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Boris Büche on 21 May, 2007 - 5:15am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 23 September, 2021 - 11:31am

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