| Nicrophorus satanas | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Silphidae |
| Genus: | Nicrophorus |
| Species: | N. satanas |
| Binomial name | |
| Nicrophorus satanas Reitter, 1893 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Nicrophorus satanas is a burying beetle described by Edmund Reitter in 1893. [1]
Nicrophorus satanas is a burying beetle commonly found in Europe and Asia. They can measure between 2.5 and 3.8 cm. They have thick bodies with a black exterior.
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.
Nicrophorus argutor is a species of burying beetle found in Russia, Mongolia, China and Kazakhstan.
Nicrophorus investigator is a burying beetle first described by the Swedish naturalist Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt in 1824.
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 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 chilensis is a burying beetle described by Philippi in 1871.
Nicrophorus concolor is a burying beetle described by Kraatz in 1877.
Nicrophorus defodiens is a burying beetle described by Mannerheim in 1846.
Nicrophorus guttula is a burying beetle described by Victor Motschulsky in 1845.
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 sayi is a burying beetle described by Laporte in 1840.
Nicrophorus sausai is a burying beetle described by Jan Růžička, Jirí Háva and J. Schneider in 2000. It is known from Laos and northeastern India.
Nicrophorus quadraticollis is a burying beetle described by Portevin in 1903.
Nicrophorus przewalskii is a burying beetle described by Semenov-Tian-Shanskij in 1894.
Nicrophorus podagricus is a burying beetle described by Portevin in 1920.
Nicrophorus marginatus is a burying beetle described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1801.
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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