Overview
Nicrophorinae is a subfamily of burying beetles or carrion beetles. There are 65 living species of this subfamily, and 3 fossil species.
The only tribe is Nicrophorini.
A fossil of N. humator dating around 10,500 years was described in 1962 by Pearson.[1]
b>Nicrophorinae is a subfamily of burying beetles or carrion beetles. There are 65 living species of this subfamily, and 3 fossil species.The only tribe is Nicrophorini.
A fossil of N. humator dating around 10,500 years was described in 1962 by Pearson.[1]
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Taxonomy
The Subfamily Nicrophorinae is a member of the Family Silphidae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Nicrophorinae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa
A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
- Superphylum: Panarthropoda
Cuvier
- Phylum: Arthropoda
Latreille, 1829 - Arthropods
- Subphylum: Mandibulata
Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum: Atelocerata
Heymons, 1901
- Superclass: Panhexapoda
- Class: Insecta
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Insects
- Subclass: Dicondylia
- Infraclass: Pterygota
- Winged Insects
- Order: Coleoptera
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Beetles
- Suborder: Polyphaga
Emery, 1886 - a genus of Blister Beetles (Meloidae)
- Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
- Superfamily: Staphylinoidea
- Family: Silphidae
- carrion beetles
- Subfamily: Nicrophorinae
- Family: Silphidae
- carrion beetles
- Superfamily: Staphylinoidea
- Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
- Suborder: Polyphaga
Emery, 1886 - a genus of Blister Beetles (Meloidae)
- Order: Coleoptera
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Beetles
- Infraclass: Pterygota
- Winged Insects
- Subclass: Dicondylia
- Class: Insecta
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Insects
- Superclass: Panhexapoda
- Infraphylum: Atelocerata
Heymons, 1901
- Subphylum: Mandibulata
Snodgrass, 1938
- Phylum: Arthropoda
Latreille, 1829 - Arthropods
- Superphylum: Panarthropoda
Cuvier
- Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa
A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Subfamily Nicrophorinae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Genus (2): Nicrophorus · Ptomascopus
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 83 species and subspecies in the Subfamily Nicrophorinae.
Genera
Nicrophorus
Burying beetles or sexton beetles (genus Nicrophorus) are the best-known members of the family Silphidae (carrion beetles). Burying beetles are true to their name. Most of these beetles are black with red markings on the elytra (forewings). 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. [more]
Ptomascopus
At least 4 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Ptomascopus.
More info about the Genus Ptomascopus may be found here.
References
Sources
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