Kingdom Animalia Order Coleoptera Higher classification Silphidae | Phylum Arthropoda Scientific name Nicrophorinae Rank Subfamily | |
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Lower classifications Burying beetle, Nicrophorus tenuipes | ||
Nicrophorinae is a subfamily of burying beetles or carrion beetles. There are 65 living species of this subfamily, and 3 fossil species.
Contents
The only tribe is Nicrophorini.
Genera
Fossils
A fossil of N. humator dating around 10,500 years was described in 1962 by Pearson.
References
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