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Burying beetle
Temporal range: Cenomanian–Recent
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American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus)
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Silphidae
Subfamily:
Nicrophorinae
Tribe:
Nicrophorini
Genus:
Nicrophorus Fabricius, 1775
Type species
Silpha vespillo
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms[1]
List
Acanthopsilus Poole, 1996
Canthopsilus Portevin, 1914
Cyrtoscelis Hope, 1840
Eunecrophorus Semenov-Tian-Shanskiy, 1933
Nechrocharis Poole, 1996
Necroborus Weigel, 1806
Necrocharis Portevin, 1923
Necrocleptes Semenov-Tian-Shanskiy, 1933
Necrophagas Leach, 1815
Necrophagus Poole, 1996
Necrophorindus Semenov-Tian-Shanskiy, 1933
Necrophoriscus Semenov-Tian-Shanskiy, 1933
Necrophorus Illiger, 1798
Necrophorus Thunberg, 1789
Necropter Semenov-Tian-Shanskiy, 1933
Necroxenus Semenov-Tian-Shanskiy, 1933
Neirophorus Berthold, 1827
Neonicrophorus Hatch, 1946
Nesonecrophorus Semenov-Tian-Shanskiy, 1933
Nesonecropter Semenov-Tian-Shanskiy, 1933
Nigrophorus Fabricius, 1787
Stictonecropter Semenov-Tian-Shanskiy, 1933
Burying beetles or sexton beetles, genus Nicrophorus, are the best-known members of the family Silphidae (carrion beetles). Most of these beetles are black with red markings on the elytra (forewings). Burying beetles are true to their name—they bury the carcasses of small vertebrates such as birds and rodents as a food source for their larvae, this makes them carnivorous.[2] They are unusual among insects in that both the male and female parents take care of the brood.[3]
The genus name is sometimes spelled Necrophorus in older texts: this was an unjustified emendation by Carl Peter Thunberg (1789) of Fabricius's original name, and is not valid under the ICZN.
The American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus) has been on the U.S. endangered species list since 1989. This species was native to 35 U.S. states but now is only known to exist in 9.[4]
^GBIF: Nicrophorus Fabricius, 1775 (retrieved 13 January 2020)
^Scott, Michelle Pellissier (January 1998). "The Ecology and Behavior of Burying Beetles". Annual Review of Entomology. 43 (1): 595–618. doi:10.1146/annurev.ento.43.1.595. ISSN 0066-4170. PMID 15012399.
^Trumbo, Stephen T. (1990). "Reproductive Benefits of Infanticide in a Biparental Burying Beetle Nicrophorus orbicollis". Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 27 (4): 269–273. doi:10.1007/BF00164899. ISSN 0340-5443. JSTOR 4600477.
^"Federal Register :: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Reclassification of the American Burying Beetle From Endangered to Threatened With a Section 4(d) Rule".
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