Nicrophorus germanicus

Nicrophorus germanicus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Silphidae
Genus:	Nicrophorus
Species:	N. germanicus
Binomial name
Nicrophorus germanicus Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
Dermestes listerianus Geoffroy, 1785 Neonicrophorus germanicus Hatch, 1946 Nicrophorus armeniacus Portevin, 1922 N. bimaculatus Haworth, 1807 N. cadaverinus Gistel, 1857 N. defodiens grandior Portevin, 1926 N. frontalis Fischer von Waldheim, 1844 N. germanicum Matzek, 1839 N. germanicus apicalis Kraatz, 1880 N. g. bimaculatus Heyden, 1891 N. g. bipunctatus Kraatz, 1880 N. g. fascifer Winkler, 1925 N. g. fascifera Portevin, 1923 N. g. frontalis Lacordaire, 1854 N. g. germanicus Madge, 1958 N. g. morio Emetz, 1975 N. g. ruthenis Marseul, 1884 N. g. speciosa Arnett, 1944 N. g. speciosus Schaum, 1862 N. grandior Angell, 1912 N. humator bimaculatus Stein & Weise, 1877 N. h. frontalis Jakobson, 1910 N. proserpinae Gistel, 1857 N. ruthenus Motschulsky, 1859 N. (Necrophorindus) ornatus Hlisnikovský, 1964 Silpha germanica Linnaeus, 1758 S. g. fascifera Reitter, 1884 S. g. speciosa Reitter, 1884 S. germanicus Marseul, 1885 S. g. apicalis Reitter, 1884 S. g. bipunctata Reitter, 1884 S. g. fascifer Heyden, 1891 S. ruthenis Reitter, 1884 S. speciosa Schulze, 1855

Nicrophorus germanicus is a burying beetle described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. Males are larger than females and can reach a body length of 27 mm.

References

• 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.