Nicrophorus pustulatus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Silphidae |
| Genus: | Nicrophorus |
| Species: | N. pustulatus
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| Nicrophorus pustulatus Illiger in Herschel (1808)
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Nicrophorus pustulatus is a burying beetle described by Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger in 1808.
Behavior
While N. pustulatus is capable of using carrion to feed its larvae (as in other species of Nicrophorus), it is the only species in the genus thus far shown to be able to use other food resources; in this case, the females can raise their brood on snake eggs.[1]
See Also
References
- ^ Smith G, Trumbo ST, Sikes DS, Scott MP, Smith RL. Host shift by the burying beetle, Nicrophorus pustulatus, a parasitoid of snake eggs. J Evol Biol. 2007 Nov;20(6):2389-99. doi: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2007.01404.x. PMID: 17956400.
- Sikes, Derek S.; Madge, Ronald B.; Newton, Alfred F. (August 29, 2002). "A catalog of the Nicrophorinae (Coleoptera: Silphidae) of the world". Zootaxa. 65 (1). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.65.1.1. ISBN 0-9582395-1-7. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 10, 2006.
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