Biology:Nicrophorus germanicus

Short description: Species of beetle

Nicrophorus germanicus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Silphidae
Genus:	Nicrophorus
Species:	N. germanicus
Binomial name
Nicrophorus germanicus Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
List Silpha germanica Linnaeus, 1758 Silpha speciosa J.D. Schulzens, 1775 Dermestes listerianus Fourcroy, 1785 Necrophorus [sic] bimaculatus Haworth, 1807 Necrophorus [sic] frontalis Fischer von Waldheim, 1844 Necrophorus [sic] cadaverinus Gistel, 1857 (Preocc.) Necrophorus [sic] proserpinae Gistel, 1857 Necrophorus [sic] ruthenus Motschulsky, 1859 Necrophorus [sic] germanicus v. bipunctatus Kraatz, 1880 Necrophorus [sic] germanicus v. apicalis Kraatz, 1880 Silpha germanica v. fascifera Reitter, 1884 Necrophorus [sic] grandior Angell, 1912 Necrophorus [sic] armeniacus Portevin, 1922 Necrophorus [sic] ornatus Hlisnikovsky, 1964

Nicrophorus germanicus is a burying beetle described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. Males are larger than females and can reach a body length of 27 mm.

References

• Sikes, Derek S.; Madge, Ronald B.; Newton, Alfred F. (August 29, 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. 

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