Nicrophorus humator

Nicrophorus humator
Temporal range: .0105–RecentMa
Nicrophorus humator
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Silphidae
Subfamily: Nicrophorinae
Tribe: Nicrophorini
Genus: Nicrophorus
Species: N. humator
Binomial name
Nicrophorus humator
Gleditsch, 1767
Synonyms
  • N. h. atricornis, Meier, 1899
  • N. h. maculosus, Meier, 1899
  • N. humatorem, Matzek, 1839
  • N. nigerrimus, Kraatz, 1884
  • N. sulcatus, Fischer von Waldheim, 1844
  • N. (Necrocleptes) humator, Semenov-Tian-Shanskij, 1933
  • Silpha humator, Gleditsch, 1767

Nicrophorus humator is a burying beetle described by Gleditsch in 1767. A fossil dating around 10,500 years was described in 1962 by Pearson.[1]

References

  1. http://collections2.eeb.uconn.edu/nicroweb/PDFs/Sikes_et_al_2002.pdf