Nicrophorini
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File:AmericanCarrionBeetle.jpg | |
American Burying Beetle | |
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Subfamily: | Nicrophorinae
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Nicrophorinae is a subfamily of burying beetles or carrion beetles. There are 65 living species of this subfamily, and 3 fossil species.
The only tribe is Nicrophorini.
References
http://collections2.eeb.uconn.edu/nicroweb/PDFs/Sikes_et_al_2002.pdf