Nicrophorus humator

Nicrophorus humator; Temporal range: .0105–Recent Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Silphidae
Subfamily:	Nicrophorinae
Tribe:	Nicrophorini
Genus:	Nicrophorus
Species:	N. humator
Binomial name
	Nicrophorus humator; Gleditsch, 1767
Synonyms
	N. h. atricornis, Meier, 1899; N. h. maculosus, Meier, 1899; N. humatorem, Matzek, 1839; N. nigerrimus, Kraatz, 1884; N. sulcatus, Fischer von Waldheim, 1844; N. (Necrocleptes) humator, Semenov-Tian-Shanskij, 1933; Silpha humator, Gleditsch, 1767;

Nicrophorus humator is a burying beetle described by Gleditsch in 1767. A fossil dating around 10,500 years was described in 1962 by Pearson.^[1]

References

^ 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. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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