Carolina Burying Beetle

Nicrophorus carolinus

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Staphylinidae

Nicrophorus carolina is a burying beetle described by Carl Linnaeus in 1771. Its specific name has commonly been misspelled as carolinus. References Sikes, Derek S.

Distribution

Carolina Burying Beetle — (c) Wes Copas, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Wes Copas · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 333Mexico · 1

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Wes Copas, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Wes Copas · CC-BY DescriptionNicrophorus carolina, Wikipedia contributors

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