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Sexton Beetles

Nicrophorus

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Nicrophorus
Genus recognized by Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Catalogue of Life in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Nicrophorus
Genus recognized by Iran Species List, United Kingdom Species List, North Pacific Species List, North Atlantic Species List, The Netherlands Species List, Slovenia Species List, South Korea Species List, Sweden Species List, Switzerland Species List, Turkey Species List, Ukraine Species List, Delete- old US Species List, Venezuela Species List, Taiwan Species List, Nepal Species List, Nicaragua Species List, Peru Species List, Poland Species List, Romania Species List, Serbia Species List, Ireland Species List, Italy Species List, Luxembourg Species List, Malaysia Species List, Latvia Species List, Liechtenstein Species List, Mexico Species List, Mongolia Species List, France Species List, Hungary Species List, Finland Species List, Estonia Species List, Germany Species List, Indonesia Species List, Costa Rica Species List, Belgium Species List, Czech Republic Species List, Croatia Species List, Chile Species List, Argentina Species List, Austria Species List, Denmark Species List, India Species List, Norway Species List, Barcode of Life Data Systems, Syria Species List, Canada Species List, China Species List, Japan Species List, Philippines Species List, Russia Species List, Panama Species List, Wikidata, United States Species List, PBDB in DwCA, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, and Wikimedia Commons
Nicrophorus
Species recognized by Protists in Singapore
Nicrophorus
Recognized by iNaturalist, NMNH Entomology, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology DwCA, CalPhotos in DwC-A, BioImages, the virtual fieldguide, UK, and Flickr Group
Nicrophorus Fabricius 1775
Genus recognized by GBIF classification

Alternative Names

Dermestes listerianus Geoffroy 1785
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophagus spinipes Leach 1815
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus aleuticus Gistel 1848
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus algiricus Pasquet 1916
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus altumi Westhoff 1881
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus anglicus Stephens 1830
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus apicalis Kraatz 1880
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus armeniacus Portevin 1922
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus atricornis Meier 1899
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus aurora Motschulsky 1860
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus baeckmanni Kieseritzky 1930
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus basalis Gistel 1848
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus bifasciatus Hausmann 1799
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus bimaculatus Haworth 1807
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus bipunctatus Kraatz 1880
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus bipunctatus Portevin 1914
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus bohemicus Roubal 1939
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus bolsmanni Westhoff 1881
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus borealis Portevin 1924
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus brullei Jakobson 1910
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus brunnipes Gradl 1882
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus cadaverinus Gistel 1857
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus cadaverinus Gravenhorst 1807
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus cadaverinus Mareuse 1840
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus carreti Pic 1933
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus centralis Portevin 1914
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus centrimaculatus Reitter 1895
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus confossor Le Conte 1854
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus corsicus Laporte de Castelnau 1832
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus curvipes Duftschmid 1825
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus degener Carret 1901
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus fauveli Fauconnet 1893
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus fossor Erichson 1837
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus fractus Portevin 1914
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus frontalis Fischer von Waldheim 1844
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus funebris Jakovlev 1890
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus funerator Fauvel 1890
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus funereus Géné 1839
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus gallicus Jacquelin du Val 1860
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus grahami Swan & Papp 1972
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus grandior Angell 1912
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus guttula (Motschulsky 1845)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Nicrophorus Fabricius, 1775)
Necrophorus hadenius Gistel 1857
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus hauseri Hlisnikovský 1932
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus hebes Kirby 1837
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus infodiens Mannerheim 1853
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus infuscaticornis Portevin 1924
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus insularis Lafer 1989
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus intermedius Reitter 1895
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus interruptiolus Strand 1917
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus interruptus Brullé 1832
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus interruptus Gistel 1857
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus labiatus Motschulsky 1860
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus laportei Meier 1900
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus latifasciatus Lewis 1887
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus maculosus Meier 1899
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus marginatus (Fabricius 1801)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Nicrophorus Fabricius, 1775)
Necrophorus maritimus Guérin-Méneville 1835
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus maritimus Mannerheim 1843
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus melsheimeri Kirby 1837
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus microcephalus Thomson 1862
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus minor Westhoff 1881
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus nigerrimus Kraatz 1884
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus nigricans Pasquet 1916
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus nigrita (Mannerheim 1843)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Nicrophorus Fabricius, 1775)
Necrophorus obrutor Erichson 1837
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus obscuripennis Portevin 1914
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus olfactor Gistel 1848
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus oregonensis Swann & Papp 1972
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus ornatus Hlisnikovský 1964
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus particeps Fischer von Waldheim 1844
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus pasqueti Pic 1917
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus pollinctor Mannerheim 1853
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus proserpinae Gistel 1857
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus pygmaeus Kirby 1837
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus rautenbergi Reitter 1900
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus rugulipennis Jakovlev 1890
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus ruspator Erichson 1837
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus ruthenus Motschulsky 1859
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus sepultor Gyllenhal 1827
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus sibiricus Motschulsky 1860
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus subfasciatus Portevin 1914
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus subinterruptus Pic 1917
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus submaculatus Reitter 1895
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus sulcatus Fischer von Waldheim 1844
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus suturalis Motschulsky 1860
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus sylvaticus Reitter 1895
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus sylvivagus Reitter 1897
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus trimaculatus Gradl 1882
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus trinotatus Reitter 1911
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus varendorffi Westhoff 1881
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus variolosus Portevin 1924
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus viturati Pic 1917
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus vodozi Meier 1900
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Nicrophorus efferens Sikes & Mousseau 2013
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Nicrophorus mortuorum Fabricius 1792
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Nicrophorus vulgaris Fabricius 1775
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Silpha antennatus Reitter 1885
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Silpha fascifera Reitter 1884
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Silpha funeror Reitter 1884
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Silpha germanica Linnaeus 1758
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Silpha humator Gleditsch 1767
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Silpha praedator Reitter 1887
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Silpha speciosa Schulze 1775
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Silpha vespillo Linnaeus 1758
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Necrophorus
Misspelling according to PBDB in DwCA
Nicrophorus
Harvest ancestor according to GBIF classification, Alaskan Arthropods, PBDB in DwCA, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, NMNH type specimens, Flickr Group, Flickr Group, Flickr Group, and TreatmentBank

Common Names

English

Sexton Beetles preferred
Recognized by wikipedia 日本語 and Wikidata

Arabic

دافنة preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Asturian

‎Burying beetle‎ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Belarusian

Магільшчыкі preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Chinese

覆葬甲屬 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Czech

hrobařík preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Dutch; Flemish

Doodgravers preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

French

Nécrophore preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Georgian

მესაფლავე ხოჭოები preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

German

Totengräber preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Greek, Modern (1453-)

νεκροφόρο σκαθάρι preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Irish

Ciaróg fholaigh preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Kirghiz; Kyrgyz

Көркоолор preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Lithuanian

Duobkasiai preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Navajo; Navaho

Kʼíneedlíshii łikizhígíí preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Norwegian

åtselgravarar preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Russian

Могильщики preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Serbian

Бубе гробари preferred
Recognized by Wikidata
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Curated hierarchies for Nicrophorus

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1

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Nicrophorus (this page)
Nicrophorus (Necroxenus) przewalskii (Semenov & A. P. 1894)
Nicrophorus (Necroxenus) smefarka Háva, J. Schneider & Růžička 1999
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) americanus Olivier & A. G. 1790
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) antennatus (Reitter 1884)
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) apo Arnett 1950
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) argutor (Jakovlev 1891)
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) basalis (Faldermann 1835)
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) carolinus (Linnaeus 1771)
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) charon Sikes & Madge 2006
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) chilensis (Philippi & R. A. 1871)
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) concolor (Kraatz 1877)
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) confusus (Portevin 1924)
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) dauricus (Motschulsky 1860)
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) defodiens (Mannerheim 1846)
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) didymus (Brullé 1836)
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) distinctus (Grouvelle 1885)
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) efferens Sikes & Mousseau 2013
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) encaustus (Fairmaire 1896)
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) germanicus (Linnaeus 1758)
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) guttula (Motschulsky 1845)
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) hebes (Kirby 1837)
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) herscheli Sikes & Madge 2006
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) heurni (Portevin 1926)
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) hispaniola Sikes & Peck 2000
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) humator (Gleditsch 1767)
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) hybridus (Hatch & Angell 1925)
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) insignis Sikes & Madge 2006
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) insularis (Grouvelle 1893)
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) interruptus (Stephens 1830)
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) investigator (Zetterstedt 1824)
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) japonicus (Harold 1877)
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) kieticus Mroczkowski 1959
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) lunatus (Fischer de Waldheim 1842)
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) maculifrons (Kraatz 1877)
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) marginatus (Fabricius 1801)
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) melissae Sikes & Madge 2006
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) mexicanus (Matthews & A. 1887)
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) mongolicus (Shchegoleva-Barovskaya 1933)
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) montivagus (Lewis 1887)
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) morio (Gebler 1817)
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) nepalensis (Hope 1831)
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) nigricornis (Faldermann 1835)
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) nigrita (Mannerheim 1843)
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) oberthuri (Portevin 1924)
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) obscurus (Kirby 1837)
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) olidus (Matthews & A. 1887)
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) orbicollis (Say 1825)
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) podagricus (Portevin 1920)
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) pustulatus (Herschel 1807)
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) quadraticollis (Portevin 1903)
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) quadrimaculatus (Matthews & A. 1887)
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) quadripunctatus (Kraatz 1877)
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) reichardti (Kieseritzky 1930)
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) reticulatus Sikes & Madge 2006
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) satanas (Reitter 1893)
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) sausai Růžička, Háva & J. Schneider 2000
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) sayi (Laporte de Castelnau 1840)
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) schawalleri Sikes & Madge 2006
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) scrutator (Blanchard & É. 1842)
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) semenowi (Reitter 1887)
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) sepulchralis (Heer 1841)
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) sepultor (Charpentier & T. 1825)
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) sinensis Ji & Yun 2013
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) tenuipes (Lewis 1887)
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) tomentosus (Weber 1801)
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) trumboi Sikes & Madge 2006
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) ussuriensis (Portevin 1923)
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) validus (Portevin 1920)
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) vespillo (Linnaeus 1758)
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) vespilloides Herbst 1783
Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) vestigator (Herschel 1807)
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