Nicrophorus carolina

Nicrophorus carolinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Silphidae
Subfamily:	Nicrophorinae
Tribe:	Nicrophorini
Genus:	Nicrophorus
Species:	N. carolinus
Binomial name
Nicrophorus carolinus Linnaeus, 1771
Synonyms
Necrocharis carolinus Portevin, 1923 Nicrophorus carolinus dolosus Portevin, 1923 N. c. floridae Brimley, 1938 N. c. mysticallis Portevin, 1923 N. mediatum Matzek, 1839 N. mediatus Fabricius, 1801 N. mysticallis Angell, 1912 N. (Necrocharis) carolinus Hatch, 1927 Silpha carolina Crotch, 1873 S. mediata Crotch, 1873

Nicrophorus carolinus is a burying beetle described by Linnaeus in 1771.

References

http://collections2.eeb.uconn.edu/nicroweb/PDFs/Sikes_et_al_2002.pdf