Nicrophorus vespillo

Nicrophorus vespillo
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Silphidae
Genus:	Nicrophorus
Species:	N. vespillo
Binomial name
Nicrophorus vespillo Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
Dermestes vespillo, Scopoli, 1763 Necrophagus spinipes, Leach, 1815 Nicrophorus bifasciatus, Hausmann, 1799 N. cadaverinus, Gravenhorst, 1807 N. curvipes, Duftschmid, 1825 N. hadenius, Gistel, 1857 N. hauseri, Hlisnikovský, 1932 N. interruptus cadaverinus, Gaubil, 1849 N. vespillo bohemicus, Roubal, 1939 N. v. bolsmanni, Westhoff, 1881 N. v. fauveli, Fauconnet, 1893 N. v. minor, Westhoff, 1881 N. v. varendorffi, Westhoff, 1881 N. vespillonem, Matzek, 1839 N. vespillonis, Matzek, 1839 N. vulgaris, Fabricius, 1775 Silpha vespillo, Linnaeus, 1758

Nicrophorus vespillo is a burying beetle described by Linnaeus in 1758.

Nicrophorus vespillo on a mole carcass

References

• Sikes, Derek S.; Madge, Ronald B.; Newton, Alfred F. (29 August 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 10 September 2006.