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

Species Nicrophorus orbicollis - Roundneck Sexton Beetle

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Carrion Beetles (Silphidae)

Identification, distribution, and adult phenology of the carrion beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae) of Texas.

By Mullins, P.L., E.G. Riley & J.D. Oswald.
Zootaxa 3666(2): 221–251., 2013

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Mullins, P.L., E.G. Riley & J.D. Oswald. 2013. Identification, distribution, and adult phenology of the carrion beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae) of Texas. Zootaxa 3666(2): 221–251.

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The carrion beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae) of Texas are surveyed. Thirteen of the 14 species, and five of the six genera, of this ecologically and forensically important group of scavengers that have previously been reported from Texas are confirmed here based on a study of 3,732 adult specimens. The one reported, but unconfirmed, species, Oxelytrum discicolle, was probably based on erroneous label data and is excluded from the Texas fauna.

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 11 March, 2015 - 12:33pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Carrion Beetles (Silphidae)

A catalog of the Nicrophorinae (Coleoptera: Silphidae) of the world

By Sikes, D.S., R.B. Madge, & A.F. Newton
Zootaxa 65: 1-304, 2002

Link to PDF: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2002f/zt00065.pdf (1.5 MB)

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Contributed by Brad Barnd on 21 October, 2014 - 9:46pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Carrion Beetles (Silphidae)

A catalog of Coleoptera of America north of Mexico. Family: Silphidae

By Peck S.B., Miller S.E.
USDA Agriculture handbook no. 529-28. x + 24 pp., 1993

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Contributed by v belov on 27 January, 2013 - 12:30pm

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The Silphidae (Coleoptera) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada

By C.G. Majka
Journal of the Acadian Entomological Society 7: 83-101, 2011

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Contributed by v belov on 28 September, 2011 - 10:48am

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The Carrion Beetles of North Dakota

By Guy A. Hanley and David L Cuthrell
Minot State University, 2008

Cyril Moore Science Center science monograph #4. Softcover guide includes species descriptions and identification keys for the entire North American silphid fauna. All species are imaged in full color. No further copies available as of 2020.

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Contributed by Guy A. Hanley on 17 April, 2009 - 9:21am

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Carrion Beetles (Silphidae)

The carrion beetles of Canada and Alaska (Coleoptera: Silphidae and Agyrtidae)

By Anderson, R.S. and S.B. Peck
Agriculture Canada, 1985

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Contributed by Pierre-Marc Brousseau on 27 September, 2006 - 9:30pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Carrion Beetles (Silphidae)

The Carrion Beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae) of Nebraska

By Brett Ratcliffe
University of Nebraska State Museum, 1996

Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum 13: 1-100. Appears to be out of print.

Downloadable version appears to be available from ResearchGate.net.

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Contributed by Cotinis on 2 July, 2004 - 2:48pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea

Nomenclatural and taxonomic changes in Staphyliniformia (Coleoptera)

By A.F. Newton
Insecta Mundi 0595:1-52, 2017

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Contributed by Curt Harden on 23 June, 2019 - 9:31pm

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