Nicrophorus japonicus

Nicrophorus japonicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Staphyliniformia
Family:	Staphylinidae
Genus:	Nicrophorus
Species:	N. japonicus
Binomial name
	Nicrophorus japonicus; Harold, 1877
Synonyms
	Necrophorus [sic] japonicusHarold, 1877; Necrophorus [sic] japanusFairmaire, 1878 (Missp.); Necrophorus [sic] japonicus f. degenerShchegoleva-Barovskaya, 1933;

Last updated December 28, 2025

Nicrophorus japonicus is a burying beetle described by Edgar von Harold in 1877. It has eastern Palearctic distribution in Japan, Korea, Mongolia, northern and central China, and the Ussuri region of Russia (Siberia).^[1]

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): 1–304. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.65.1.1 . Archived (PDF) from the original on September 10, 2006.

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[Sikes_et_al._2002-1] 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): 1–304. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.65.1.1 . Archived (PDF) from the original on September 10, 2006.

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