Nicrophorini
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| 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 | |
Nicrophoriniis a tribe ofburying beetles or carrion beetlesin the subfamilySilphinae.[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 subfamilyStaphylinidae.[2]
Genera
[edit]This beetle tribe contains the following genera:[1]
Extant genera
[edit]- EonecrophorusKurosawa, 1985
- NicrophorusFabricius, 1775
- Proscapheus
- PtomascopusKraatz, 1876
Extinct genera
[edit]- †CretosajaSohn, Jae-Cheon & Gi Soo Nam, 2021
- †PalaeosilphaFlach, 1890
References
[edit]- ^ab"Nicrophorini Kirby, 1837".Catalogue of Life.Species 2000:Leiden, the Netherlands.Retrieved9 May2024.
- ^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.PMC11096728.
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