Nicrophorini

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Nicrophorinae
Temporal range: Cenomanian–Recent
Amerikanischer Totengräber (Nicrophorus americanus).jpg
American burying beetle
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Subfamily:
Nicrophorinae
Tribes
  • Nicrophorini

Nicrophorinae is a subfamily of burying beetles or carrion beetles. It contains only one tribe, Nicrophorini.

Genera[]

This beetle subfamily contains the following genera:[1]

Extant Genera[]

  • Eonecrophorus Kurosawa, 1985
  • Nicrophorus Fabricius, 1775
  • Ptomascopus Kraatz, 1876

Extinct Genera[]

  • Palaeosilpha Flach, 1890

References[]


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