Nicrophorus germanicus

Nicrophorus germanicus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Silphidae
Genus:	Nicrophorus
Species:	N. germanicus
Binomial name
	Nicrophorus germanicus; Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
	List Silpha germanica Linnaeus, 1758 ; Silpha speciosa J.D. Schulzens, 1775 ; Dermestes listerianus Fourcroy, 1785 ; Necrophorus [sic] bimaculatus Haworth, 1807 ; Necrophorus [sic] frontalis Fischer von Waldheim, 1844 ; Necrophorus [sic] cadaverinus Gistel, 1857 (Preocc.) ; Necrophorus [sic] proserpinae Gistel, 1857 ; Necrophorus [sic] ruthenus Motschulsky, 1859 ; Necrophorus [sic] germanicus v. bipunctatus Kraatz, 1880 ; Necrophorus [sic] germanicus v. apicalis Kraatz, 1880 ; Silpha germanica v. fascifera Reitter, 1884 ; Necrophorus [sic] grandior Angell, 1912 ; Necrophorus [sic] armeniacus Portevin, 1922 ; Necrophorus [sic] ornatus Hlisnikovsky, 1964;

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.^[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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.65.1.1. ISBN 0-9582395-1-7. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 10, 2006.

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