Nicrophorus confusus
| Nicrophorus confusus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Staphyliniformia |
| Family: | Silphidae |
| Genus: | Nicrophorus |
| Species: | N. confusus
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| Binomial name | |
| Nicrophorus confusus Portevin, 1924
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Nicrophorus confusus is a burying beetle described by Gaston Portevin in 1924 and determined, with reservation, to be a junior synonym of Nicrophorus sepultor by Sikes et al. (2008).[1]
References
- ^ Sikes, Derek S.; Vamosi, Steven M.; Trumbo, Stephen T.; Ricketts, Marcia; Venables, Chandra (1 May 2008). "Molecular systematics and biogeography of Nicrophorus in part—The investigator species group (Coleoptera: Silphidae) using mixture model MCMC". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 48: 646–666.
- Sikes, Derek S.; Madge, Ronald B.; Newton, Alfred F. (August 29, 2002). "A catalog of the Nicrophorinae (Coleoptera: Silphidae) of the world". Zootaxa. 65 (1): 1. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.65.1.1. ISBN 0-9582395-1-7. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 10, 2006.