Nicrophorus germanicus explained

Nicrophorus germanicus is a burying beetle described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. Males are larger than females and can reach a body length of 27 mm.^[1]

See also

Nicrophorus quadripunctuatus

References

• 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 . 0-9582395-1-7 . 10.11646/zootaxa.65.1.1 . free . https://web.archive.org/web/20060910193721/http://collections2.eeb.uconn.edu/nicroweb/PDFs/Sikes_et_al_2002.pdf . September 10, 2006 . live.

Notes and References

1. http://www.zin.ru/animalia/coleoptera/eng/nicgerml.htm RAS Zoological institute