Nicrophorini
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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.
Genera
- Eonecrophorus Kurosawa, 1985
- Nicrophorus Fabricius, 1775
- Ptomascopus Kraatz, 1876
- Palaeosilpha Flach, 1890 †[1]
Fossils
A fossil of N. humator dating around 10,500 years was described in 1962 by Oliver Paynie Pearson.[2]
References
- ^ BioLib.cz
- ^ Sikes, Derek S.; Madge, Ronald B.; Newton, Alfred F. (August 29, 2002). "A catalog of the Nicrophorinae (Coleoptera: Silphidae) of the world" (PDF). Zootaxa. 65 (1). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.65.1.1. ISBN 0-9582395-1-7. Archived from the original on September 10, 2006.
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