Nicrophorus defodiens

      Nicrophorus defodiens
      Scientific classification
      Kingdom: Animalia
      Phylum: Arthropoda
      Class: Insecta
      Order: Coleoptera
      Family: Silphidae
      Subfamily: Nicrophorinae
      Tribe: Nicrophorini
      Genus: Nicrophorus
      Species: N. defodiens
      Binomial name
      Nicrophorus defodiens
      Mannerheim, 1846
      Synonyms
      • N. conversator Walker, 1866
      • N. d. binotatus Portevin, 1926
      • N. d. conversator Portevin, 1924
      • N. d. lateralis Portevin, 1926
      • N. plagiatus Motschulsky, 1870
      • N. pollinctor LeConte, 1854
      • N. vespilloides conversator Leng, 1920
      • N. v. defodiens Hatch, 1940
      • N. v. d. conversator Arnett, 1944
      • N. v. lateralis Portevin, 1903
      • N. v. pollinctor Horn, 1880
      • Silpha vespilloides defodiens Crotch, 1873

      Nicrophorus defodiens is a burying beetle described by Mannerheim in 1846.

      Recently, N. tomentosus was found to be one of at least two Burying Beetles which can breed in the forest canopy.[1]

      References

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

      1. ^ Lowe, Amanda; Randy Lauff (2012). "Arboreal Burials in Nicrophorus spp. (Coleoptera: Silphidae)". Psyche: 1–6. doi:10.1155/2012/578650. Retrieved 5 April 2012. 


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