Nicrophorus antennatus

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Nicrophorus antennatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Silphidae
Genus: Nicrophorus
Species:
N. antennatus
Binomial name
Nicrophorus antennatus
(Reitter, 1884)
Synonyms
  • Silpha antennata Reitter, 1884
  • Necrophorus [sic] antennatus v. centralis Portevin, 1914

Nicrophorus antennatus is a species of burying beetle, first described scientifically by Edmund Reitter in 1884. It has a wide distribution across the Palearctic and occurs between central Europe, China, and India.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Sikes, Derek S.; Madge, Ronald B.; Newton, Alfred F. (2002). "A Catalog of the Nicrophorinae (Coleoptera: Silphidae) of the World" (PDF). Zootaxa. 65: 1–304. ISBN 0-9582395-1-7.