Nicrophorus carolinus (Linnaeus, 1771) is a animal in the Staphylinidae family, order Coleoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Nicrophorus carolinus (Linnaeus, 1771)

Nicrophorus carolinus (Linnaeus, 1771)

Nicrophorus carolina is a 1771-described burying beetle whose specific name is commonly misspelled carolinus.

Family
Genus
Nicrophorus
Order
Coleoptera
Class
Insecta

About Nicrophorus carolinus (Linnaeus, 1771)

Nicrophorus carolinus (Linnaeus, 1771) is a species of burying beetle originally described by Carl Linnaeus in 1771. The specific name of this burying beetle is very often misspelled as carolinus when it is referred to as Nicrophorus carolina.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Coleoptera Staphylinidae Nicrophorus

More from Staphylinidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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