Nicrophorus germanicus

Nicrophorus germanicus
Nicrophorus germanicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Silphidae
Subfamily: Nicrophorinae
Tribe: Nicrophorini
Genus: Nicrophorus
Species: N. germanicus
Binomial name
Nicrophorus germanicus
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
  • Dermestes listerianus Geoffroy, 1785
  • Neonicrophorus germanicus Hatch, 1946
  • Nicrophorus armeniacus Portevin, 1922
  • N. bimaculatus Haworth, 1807
  • N. cadaverinus Gistel, 1857
  • N. defodiens grandior Portevin, 1926
  • N. frontalis Fischer von Waldheim, 1844
  • N. germanicum Matzek, 1839
  • N. germanicus apicalis Kraatz, 1880
  • N. g. bimaculatus Heyden, 1891
  • N. g. bipunctatus Kraatz, 1880
  • N. g. fascifer Winkler, 1925
  • N. g. fascifera Portevin, 1923
  • N. g. frontalis Lacordaire, 1854
  • N. g. germanicus Madge, 1958
  • N. g. morio Emetz, 1975
  • N. g. ruthenis Marseul, 1884
  • N. g. speciosa Arnett, 1944
  • N. g. speciosus Schaum, 1862
  • N. grandior Angell, 1912
  • N. humator bimaculatus Stein & Weise, 1877
  • N. h. frontalis Jakobson, 1910
  • N. proserpinae Gistel, 1857
  • N. ruthenus Motschulsky, 1859
  • N. (Necrophorindus) ornatus Hlisnikovský, 1964
  • Silpha germanica Linnaeus, 1758
  • S. g. fascifera Reitter, 1884
  • S. g. speciosa Reitter, 1884
  • S. germanicus Marseul, 1885
  • S. g. apicalis Reitter, 1884
  • S. g. bipunctata Reitter, 1884
  • S. g. fascifer Heyden, 1891
  • S. ruthenis Reitter, 1884
  • S. speciosa Schulze, 1855

Nicrophorus germanicus is a burying beetle described by Linnaeus in 1758. Males are larger than females and can reach a body length of 27 mm.[1]

References

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


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