Nicrophorus satanas

Nicrophorus satanas
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Silphidae
Subfamily:	Nicrophorinae
Tribe:	Nicrophorini
Genus:	Nicrophorus
Species:	N. satanas
Binomial name
Nicrophorus satanas Reitter, 1893
Synonyms
N. satana, Nishikawa, 1986

Nicrophorus satanas is a burying beetle described by Edmund Reitter in 1893.

General Characteristics

Nicrophorus satanas is a burying beetle commonly found in Europe and Asia. They can measure between 2.5 - 3.8 cm. They have thick bodies with red markings on them.

Relatives

Nicrophorus satanas has relatives in the same genus which include:Nicrophorus germanicus, Nicrophorus vespilloides, Nicrophorus americanus, Nicrophorus orbicollis, Nicrophorus tomentosus, Nicrophorus sayi, Nicrophorus pustulatus, Nicrophorus marginatus, Nicrophorus obscurus, and Nicrophorus defodiens.

References

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

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