Nicrophorus marginatus

Nicrophorus marginatus

For the species misidentified by Gistel in 1857 and declared a new species under the name Nicrophorus marginatus, but later corrected, see Nicrophorus tomentosus

Nicrophorus marginatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Silphidae
Subfamily: Nicrophorinae
Tribe: Nicrophorini
Genus: Nicrophorus
Species: N. marginatus
Binomial name
Nicrophorus marginatus
Fabricius, 1801
Synonyms
  • N. guttulus labreae, Pierce, 1949
  • N. investigator latifrons, Pierce, 1949
  • N. lunatus, Gistel, 1857
  • N. lunulatus, Gistel, 1848
  • N. marginatum, Matzek, 1839
  • N. mckittricki, Pierce, 1949
  • N. montezumae, Matthews 1888
  • N. obtusisculletum, Pierce, 1949
  • Silpha marginata, Crotch, 1873

Nicrophorus marginatus is a burying beetle described by Fabricius in 1801.

References

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