Species Nicrophorus carolina

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Season · Works Cited

Nicrophorus carolinus - Nicrophorus carolina

Nicrophorus carolina? - Nicrophorus carolina

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 carolina (Nicrophorus carolina)

Explanation of Names

Nicrophorus carolina (Linnaeus 1771)

Doug Yanega and Derek Sikes agree that the species name for Nicrophorus carolinus should be carolina, as it was originally named, since "Carolina" is a proper name and not an adjective

Size

13.8-26.6 mm(1)

Range

SD-e.WY south to TX-AZ, along the Gulf Coastal Plain to FL and along the Atlantic Coastal Plain to VA(1)

Season

Mar-Oct(1)

Works Cited

1.	The Carrion Beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae) of Nebraska Brett Ratcliffe. 1996. University of Nebraska State Museum.

Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 25 February, 2007 - 7:37am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, margarethe brummermann, v belov
Last updated 17 April, 2020 - 2:49pm

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