| Nicrophorinae Temporal range:
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| American burying beetle | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Silphidae |
| Subfamily: | Nicrophorinae |
| Tribe: |
Nicrophorini Kirby, 1837 |
| Extant genera | |
Nicrophorini is a tribe of burying beetles or carrion beetles in the subfamily Silphinae. [1] It was formerly treated as subfamily Nicrophorinae within family Silphidae, but this family was found to be nested in family Staphylinidae in phylogenetic analyses and Silphidae was reassigned as a subfamily Staphylinidae. [2]
Genera
This beetle tribe contains the following genera: [1]
Extant genera
- Eonecrophorus Kurosawa, 1985
- Nicrophorus Fabricius, 1775
- Proscapheus
- Ptomascopus Kraatz, 1876
Extinct genera
- † Cretosaja Sohn, Jae-Cheon & Gi Soo Nam, 2021
- † Palaeosilpha Flach, 1890
References
- ^ a b "Nicrophorini Kirby, 1837". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
- ^ Sikes, Derek S.; Thayer, Margaret K.; Newton, Alfred F. (2024). "Large carrion and burying beetles evolved from Staphylinidae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Silphinae): A review of the evidence". ZooKeys (1200): 159–182. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1200.122835. PMC 11096728.
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| Nicrophorinae Temporal range:
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|---|---|
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| American burying beetle | |
|
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Silphidae |
| Subfamily: | Nicrophorinae |
| Tribe: |
Nicrophorini Kirby, 1837 |
| Extant genera | |
Nicrophorini is a tribe of burying beetles or carrion beetles in the subfamily Silphinae. [1] It was formerly treated as subfamily Nicrophorinae within family Silphidae, but this family was found to be nested in family Staphylinidae in phylogenetic analyses and Silphidae was reassigned as a subfamily Staphylinidae. [2]
Genera
This beetle tribe contains the following genera: [1]
Extant genera
- Eonecrophorus Kurosawa, 1985
- Nicrophorus Fabricius, 1775
- Proscapheus
- Ptomascopus Kraatz, 1876
Extinct genera
- † Cretosaja Sohn, Jae-Cheon & Gi Soo Nam, 2021
- † Palaeosilpha Flach, 1890
References
- ^ a b "Nicrophorini Kirby, 1837". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
- ^ Sikes, Derek S.; Thayer, Margaret K.; Newton, Alfred F. (2024). "Large carrion and burying beetles evolved from Staphylinidae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Silphinae): A review of the evidence". ZooKeys (1200): 159–182. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1200.122835. PMC 11096728.
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