| Nicrophorus podagricus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Silphidae |
| Genus: | Nicrophorus |
| Species: | N. podagricus |
| Binomial name | |
| Nicrophorus podagricus Portevin, 1920 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Nicrophorus podagricus is a burying beetle described by Portevin in 1920. [1]
Burying beetles or sexton beetles, genus Nicrophorus, are the best-known members of the family Silphidae. 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. They are unusual among insects in that both the male and female parents take care of the brood. They are carnivores.
Nicrophorinae is a subfamily of burying beetles or carrion beetles.
Nicrophorus argutor is a species of burying beetle found in Russia, Mongolia, China and Kazakhstan.
Nicrophorus investigator is a burying beetle described by Swedish naturalist Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt in 1824.
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.
Nicrophorus humator is a burying beetle described by Gleditsch in 1767. It has a Palearctic distribution, including North Africa. A fossil dating to around 10,500 years ago was described in 1962 by Pearson.
Nicrophorus pustulatus is a burying beetle described by Johann Dietrich Herschel in 1807.
Nicrophorus vespillo is a burying beetle described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. It is has a paleartic distribution and is commonly found across Europe and Asia, extending from Western Europe to Mongolia.
Nicrophorus carolina is a burying beetle described by Carl Linnaeus in 1771. Its specific name has commonly been misspelled as carolinus.
Nicrophorus concolor is a burying beetle described by Kraatz in 1877.
Nicrophorus defodiens is a burying beetle described by Mannerheim in 1846.
Nicrophorus didymus is a burying beetle described by Gaspard Auguste Brullé in 1836.
For the species misidentified by Gyllenhal in 1827 and declared a new species under the name Nicrophorus sepultor, but later corrected, see Nicrophorus vestigator
Nicrophorus satanas is a burying beetle described by Edmund Reitter in 1893.
Nicrophorus quadraticollis is a burying beetle described by Portevin in 1903.
Nicrophorus marginatus is a burying beetle described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1801.
Nicrophorus maculifrons is a burying beetle described by Kraatz in 1877.
Nicrophorus lunatus is a burying beetle described by Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim in 1842.
Nicrophorus chryseus may be a species of burying beetle described by Mazokhin-Porshnyakov in 1953. It is not yet verified that this species is unique from other species of Nicrophorus.
Nicrophorus funerarius may be a species of burying beetle described by Weigel in 1808. It is not yet verified that this species is unique from other species of Nicrophorus.
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