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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 mexicanus
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Nicrophilus - Nicrophorus mexicanus
Copyright © 2012 margarethe brummermann

Nicrophilus - Nicrophorus mexicanus
Ramsey Canyon, Hereford, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
July 26, 2012
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Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 29 July, 2012 - 11:24am
Last updated 4 August, 2020 - 9:26am

Moved
Moved from Sexton Beetles.
… v belov, 4 August, 2020 - 9:26am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Margined Burying Beetle.
… v belov, 20 November, 2014 - 9:53am login or register to post comments

Moved tentatively
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 4 August, 2012 - 10:30pm login or register to post comments

without a view
of the epipleuron, species cannot be completely sure, but the best fit for this one based on visible characters and known ranges is Nicrophorus marginatus
… Guy A. Hanley, 29 July, 2012 - 5:29pm login or register to post comments

 
that far south in AZ I think you have only two options...
N. marginatus and N. mexicanus (from what I can remember...)
… Blaine Mathison, 20 November, 2014 - 10:00am login or register to post comments

 
I know
I'll ask the property owner, who collected it, to check how far the orange goes down on the side
… margarethe brummermann, 29 July, 2012 - 7:26pm login or register to post comments

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