Biology:Nicrophorus carolina

Short description: Species of beetle

Nicrophorus carolina
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Silphidae
Genus:	Nicrophorus
Species:	N. carolina
Binomial name
Nicrophorus carolina (Linnaeus, 1771)
Synonyms
Silpha carolina Linnaeus, 1771 Necrophorus [sic] mediatus Fabricius, 1801 Necrophorus [sic] medianus Leach & Nodder, 1815 (misspelling) Necrophorus [sic] mysticallis Angell, 1912 Necrocharis carolinus v. dolosus Portevin, 1923 Nicrophorus carolinus floridae Brimley, 1938

Nicrophorus carolina is a burying beetle described by Carl Linnaeus in 1771. Its specific name has commonly been misspelled as carolinus.

References

• Sikes, Derek S.; Madge, Ronald B.; Newton, Alfred F. (29 August 2002). "A catalog of the Nicrophorinae (Coleoptera: Silphidae) of the world". Zootaxa 65 (1). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.65.1.1. ISBN 0-9582395-1-7. https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.65.1.1. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5223561 entry