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Nicrophorus japonicus

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Nicrophorus japonicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Silphidae
Genus: Nicrophorus
Species:
N. japonicus
Binomial name
Nicrophorus japonicus
Harold, 1877
Synonyms
  • Necrophorus [sic] japonicus Harold, 1877
  • Necrophorus [sic] japanus Fairmaire, 1878 (Missp.)
  • Necrophorus [sic] japonicus f. degener Shchegoleva-Barovskaya, 1933

Nicrophorus japonicus is a burying beetle described by Edgar von Harold in 1877. It has eastern Palearctic distribution in Japan, Korea, Mongolia, northern and central China, and the Ussuri region of Russia (Siberia).[1]

References

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  1. ^ 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): 1–304. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.65.1.1. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 10, 2006.